Power Plays in China’s Policing System

Power Plays in China’s Policing System
Chen Wenqing (R), Chinese Minister of State for Security, attends the meeting of national security secretaries of Iran, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and India, in the capital Tehran on Dec. 18, 2019. Mohsen Ataei/fars news/AFP via Getty Images
Justin Zhang
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The newly appointed heads of the State Security Ministry and the Public Security Ministry represent a kind of mutual check and balance, suggesting that Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leader, does not fully trust the police system, a vital pillar of the regime that is tasked with, among other things, monitoring and curbing the behavior of senior officials.

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