Xi Jinping’s Power Grip: Loyalty in the Name of Anti-Corruption

Xi Jinping’s Power Grip: Loyalty in the Name of Anti-Corruption
At a recent meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping stressed that anti-corruption efforts need to target both "flies" and "tigers," referring to lower and senior level officials. Ed Jones-Pool/Getty images
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Xi Jinping is toughening his talk to the leading cadres in the Party, a typical power play of the regime’s leader before the national meeting of its rubber-stamp legislature this fall.

In a recent address to the top leaders of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi warned the cadres to conduct self-reform to guarantee the success of his anti-corruption campaign, which he claimed was promised to China’s people.

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State mouthpiece Xinhua News reported that Xi made an important remark in a study session of the CCP’s politburo on June 17.
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