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How the CCP Deals With Officials Who Expose the Regime

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How the CCP Deals With Officials Who Expose the Regime
Zhou Enlai, foreign minister of the People's Republic of China, is welcomed by Indonesian Prime Minister Aly Sasto-Amidjojo on April 18, 1955 as he arrives at Bandung Conference of Asian and African States which met from April 18 to 24. AFP via Getty Images
Wang Youqun
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It was rumored that top Chinese security official Dong Jingwei defected to the United States earlier this year and this has received a lot of media attention. Various media outlets reported that he gave U.S. intelligence top-secret documents, including information on the origin of COVID-19. As a result, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) considers Dong a traitor and this incident prompted Xi Jinping to call on all CCP members to retake the loyalty oath and pledge their allegiance to the Party.

Wang Youqun
Wang Youqun
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Wang Youqun holds a doctorate in law from the Renmin University of China. He previously worked as a copywriter for Wei Jianxing (1931–2015), a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, from 1997 to 2002.
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