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Although corruption is a serious problem in China, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s efforts to curb graft have been controversial. Now, authorities are proposing new anti-corruption body that will integrate the state and the Communist Party – exactly the kind of entity Deng Xiaoping tried to get rid of at the end of the Cultural Revolution.
Zhiqiong June Wang argues that it threatens to undermine the rule of law in the country.
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President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaigns have been controversial.
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Zhiqiong June Wang, Western Sydney University
Even though widespread corruption is a blight on Chinese society.
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