Analysis
Beijing’s propaganda department showed off its anti-corruption achievements at a press conference on June 30, saying its decade-long campaign has investigated millions of people and punished hundreds of thousands.
Since Xi Jinping took power in 2012, the regime’s anti-graft probes have investigated more than 4 million cases involving 5.344 million people, meaning the person involved was removed from the post and imprisoned, and disciplined 644,000 people who violated regulations in the government or party, as of April, 2022, it was announced at the press conference.
Xi’s anti-corruption campaign has targeted his opponents in the military, and the political and legal apparatus. However, analysts believe his true enemy is the ideological trap he has set himself up in….