Photo : Xinhua) Wang Qishan (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, addresses a conference on the work of central-level Party inspection in Beijing, March 15, 2014.
Secretive Agency Leads Most Intense Anti-Corruption Effort In Modern Chinese History -- Washington Post
BEIJING — No sign identifies the drab beige building off a busy thoroughfare in downtown Beijing. There is nothing to indicate that within its walls lies the most feared agency in China for members of the Communist Party.
The institution has an obscure name — the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. But in the year and a half since Xi Jinping became China’s leader, it has become his main weapon in an anti-corruption campaign that has gone further than any other in the country’s modern history.
The campaign is meant to clean up the party’s image — so soiled by graft that some leaders fear public contempt could threaten their grip on power. It also appears aimed at consolidating Xi’s power. He has used the commission to weaken rival factions and, more broadly, to warn off anyone who might challenge his agenda.
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My Comment: If you are a top official in China .... you or your family had to use corruption to get there. So for this Chinese agency .... the decision on who to investigate is usually a political decision .... not because of some neutral and legal reason.
Update: This anti-corruption campaign is massive .... it is a purge in all but name .... China Punishes 6,400 Officials for Misbehavior -- Chinatopix
More News On China's Anti-Corruption Drive
Top China aides ousted from Communist Party as anti-corruption drive intensifies -- CNN
The Political Calculus of a Top-Level Takedown in China -- Wall Street Journal
China's Communist Party Ousts More Officials -- WSJ
Tale of abuse and revenge behind fall of China "tiger" -- Channel News Asia
Xi Jinping's Corruption Purge: Cleansing With A Hint Of Politics -- IBTimes
Why China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Will Be Successful -- Dingding Chen, The Diplomat
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WNU: Your comment "If you are a top official in China .... you or your family had to use corruption to get there." is a key to understanding how these regimes work. Since to be "there" they have to be dirty and it's a weapon always ready to use against them, while it's also a defense in that everybody does it. Usually it means someone is going for the brass ring or they've failed.
These guys on the commission are marked men. They had better ALWAYS be on the right political side from now on.
"If you are a top official in China .... you or your family had to use corruption to get there."
On a scale of 1 to 100, what is the level of corruption with 100 being tops?
On the same scale what is the level of corruption in Washington D.C.?
The countries that I would label as being 100 are countries like North Korea, Afghanistan, etc..
In China ... corruption is around 70 - 80.
Russia .... about the same.
Canada (where I live) .... outside of the province of Quebec .... very low. Within Quebec .... about 30 (if you want government contracts).
The U.S. .... outside of Washington D.C. it is low .... inside of Washington D.C. .... extremely high (50 is my peg).
I should stress that there is no scientific basis to these numbers .... it is based from my own experiences and from my gut.
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