This is a laughable attempt to defend the PLA.
You can have technically capable individuals doing great at their jobs, whether it is shooting a rifle or firefighting in peace time. But corruption at the administrative and policy levels affects leadership capabilities when it comes to war time and you will not know how bad until you go to war. Do you deny the fact that the PLA reformed itself after its disastrous analyses of Desert Storm? No, you cannot. At the intellectual level, the PLA lost that virtual war when it predicted tens of thousands of US casualties and months long fighting. If corruption in the PLA was not a serious problem, then why did Xi forced the PLA to divest its business enterprises? Because he saw that the PLA leadership was more interested in making money than being warriors. They bought their ranks and all those medals they wear.
Do you deny the common sense argument that Xi must have consulted with the PLA leadership about Ukraine? No, you cannot because at that level of leadership, everything is important, especially when your political partner is planning a war and you promised to economically support him. So if Xi made that promise, he must have confidence that Ukraine would be defeated swiftly and that China would be able to economically support Russia should the West respond. Instead, both leaders found the Ukrainians to be unexpectedly stubborn and highly competent at warfighting despite being outnumbered and outgunned. So where did Xi got his confidence about Ukraine?
