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The End of Chongqing’s ‘Six Tigers’ and Their Ambitions

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The End of Chongqing’s ‘Six Tigers’ and Their Ambitions
Military delegates leave after China's rubber-stamp legislature’s conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 8, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Wang Youqun
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Chongqing, the most important city in southwestern China, is the fourth municipality directly under the Central Government of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin.

Since CCP leader Xi Jinping started his anti-corruption campaign against political opponents, six “tigers” have been sacked in Chongqing. Tigers refers to corrupt officials at the vice-provincial (ministerial) level and above.

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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