Commentary Beijing recently adopted the Anti-organized Crime law that will take effect on May 1. This is a further step in fighting crime after a previous 3-year campaign, according to state mouthpiece Xinhua. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption movement was dubbed with the slogan, “Sweeping the dark, Eliminating the bad,” to go with its 3-year campaign. Chen Yixin was the director of this new task. Xi’s anti-corruption campaign is typical of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders’ efforts to eliminate political opponents and their subordinates in the administration, military, and cultural domains. I believe the new law signals Xi’s decision to initiate another round of purging those in the central, powerful, political, and legal system. The system (pdf) includes police, procuracy, courts, lawyers, correctional institutions, and People’s Armed Police (PAP); protects the Party from its enemies; and serves as a major organ to maintain stability—the totalitarian rule of the Party. It’s a …