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Xi Jinping Demands Loyalty From Top Chinese Officials as Rumors Spread About Alleged High-Ranking Defector

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Xi Jinping Demands Loyalty From Top Chinese Officials as Rumors Spread About Alleged High-Ranking Defector
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping applauds during the closing session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2021. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently led all high-ranking officials in Beijing to retake the loyalty oath and pledge their allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The move comes amid rumors circulating on overseas Chinese media and some U.S. outlets about top Chinese security official Dong Jingwei who allegedly defected earlier this year and fled to the United States with his daughter.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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