Xi Jinping's Decade-Long Anti-Graft Campaign Sows Cynicism Despite Extensive Purge
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Xi Jinping has waged an relentless anti-corruption campaign over the past decade to crack down on graft in the Communist Party. Some see it as an effort to consolidate political power.
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The campaign relies on the Party policing itself without transparency, due process, or systemic reforms, leading to arbitrary disappearances.
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Banking and the military have been recent targets showing the extent of the purge into the country's financial and security power centers.
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The nonstop crackdown has fostered a culture of fear and paralysis, with officials afraid to take risks or show ambition lest they draw scrutiny.
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After 10 years the campaign's endless scandals have led to public cynicism rather than restored faith in the Communist Party's governance.