Generals ordered to be fortnight junior soldiers
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April 24, 2013, Wednesday
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CHINESE President Xi Jinping has ordered his top brass to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years as a way of boosting military morale.
Under the directive, published by the defense ministry, the practice applies to lieutenant colonels and above - though it is primarily aimed at senior officers aged under 55 or who have not come up through the lower ranks.
"It will help to purify the soul and be the prevention and cure for laziness, lax discipline, extravagance and other bureaucratic illnesses," the People's Liberation Army Daily said of the measure in a commentary yesterday.
Under the directive, which also covers the People's Armed Police, China's domestic security force, senior officers must bring their own personal supplies and not accept lavish dinners or gifts for the full 15 days, according to details published on the defense ministry's website on Sunday.
They will dine and bunk with junior cadres, it added.
Leaders of central headquarters and military districts must serve as low-ranking troops once every five years, while lower-ranking officers must serve once every three or four years.
Xi issued a directive in December banning army officials from binge drinking.
Under the directive, published by the defense ministry, the practice applies to lieutenant colonels and above - though it is primarily aimed at senior officers aged under 55 or who have not come up through the lower ranks.
"It will help to purify the soul and be the prevention and cure for laziness, lax discipline, extravagance and other bureaucratic illnesses," the People's Liberation Army Daily said of the measure in a commentary yesterday.
Under the directive, which also covers the People's Armed Police, China's domestic security force, senior officers must bring their own personal supplies and not accept lavish dinners or gifts for the full 15 days, according to details published on the defense ministry's website on Sunday.
They will dine and bunk with junior cadres, it added.
Leaders of central headquarters and military districts must serve as low-ranking troops once every five years, while lower-ranking officers must serve once every three or four years.
Xi issued a directive in December banning army officials from binge drinking.
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