Great Hall Of The People. China Daily Mail
Trouble At The Top -- Abram N. Shulsky and Gary Schmitt, Weekly Standard
Chinese officialdom is in turmoil.
In little over a year, close to 60 Chinese officials have died of unnatural causes, with most being suicides. The strong suspicion is that this epidemic of mysterious deaths among China’s elite is likely tied to the anticorruption campaign being led by Chinese president and party general secretary Xi Jinping.
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Certainly Xi Jinping’s anticorruption drive has reached higher in the bureaucracy than any such effort in decades. Coming on the heels of the prosecution of the high-flying Bo Xilai, a former Central Politburo member and potential rival of Xi, it raises the possibility of elite instability on a level not seen since the Cultural Revolution. Not surprisingly, Chinese newspapers have been told in a secret order from Beijing to stop reporting on suicides by top government and party officials.
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My Comment: This is what always happens in China when they choose a new leader. They take out the old .... and bring in the young.
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Kind of reminds me of those "unfortunate" traffic accidents Politburo member used to have in the old USSR.
Traffic accidents and "passing away in your sleep" was Russia's version. But I like the U.S. version more .... "I want to spend more time with the family".
"I want to spend more time with the family".
Whether they like it or not!
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