Dong Hong, who served China’s vice chairman Wang Qishan as a trusted aide, was placed under investigation, and purged from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the rare charges of “disloyalty and dishonesty to the Party,” among others, according to a notice issued by the CCP’s top anti-graft watchdog on April 12. The case of Dong is noteworthy because of the years he maintained a close personal relationship with Wang, who staged a nationwide anti-corruption campaign across China to cement Xi Jinping’s rule during the early years of his tenure since 2012. Wang earned himself a reputation as the anti-corruption Czar for his iron will. Public data shows Dong served Wang as his top personal assistant all the way along while he worked in Guangdong province, Hainan province, and Beijing since 2000. China news commentator Jiang Senzhe argued on his Youtube channel on April 13 that “disloyalty and dishonesty to …