The Chinese government is out of money! Even the military and civil service start getting pay cuts.

On June 20, China’s Military Commission issued a document titled “Measures on Insisting on Struggling Hardly and Building the Army Diligently and Thriftily to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Army Construction.” It mentions that “the mindset of living on a tight budget is to be maintained, and careful budgeting is to be done” and that the military needs to improve “the effectiveness of the military system and the efficiency of making use of national defense resources.” What does this mean?