News Analysis
Since Xi Jinping took office in late 2012, many high-level officials have reportedly been dismissed amid his anti-corruption campaign. One China expert says that the campaign was aimed at targetting Xi’s political rivals.
The number of officials who were removed from their posts and the amount of money they embezzled is just the tip of the iceberg, China expert Li Yanming told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times on Oct. 18. “The Chinese Communist regime is essentially a gang, using privileges and benefits to maintain the bureaucracy.”
As of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Congress this month, at least 88 senior officials were allegedly punished for various crimes and misappropriating more than 100 million yuan (about $14 million), according to statistics based on official data from Beijing’s top disciplinary agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI)….