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China’s Major Scandals in 2025 Reveal a Society in Free Fall Under the CCP

Scandals among China’s political and social elite are widespread. However, due to CCP censorship, only a very small portion of cases is ever made public.
China’s Major Scandals in 2025 Reveal a Society in Free Fall Under the CCP
Illuminated skyscrapers of the Lujiazui financial district and the Huangpu river in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 4, 2025. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Wang He
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China prides itself on being a civilization rooted in “ritual and propriety” that stretches back thousands of years. Yet under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule, cultural norms have eroded, moral boundaries have blurred, and the country has become increasingly unrecognizable.

Wang He
Wang He
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Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.