Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 10:42
Paper No. 6110 Dated 06-May-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
In a scathing speech to a plenary session of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) in January this year, China’s President Xi Jinping, who is also the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee warned of “cabals and cliques” in the communist party, and the party’s fight against corruption, saying “it is not a ‘House of Cards’ power struggle” (Xinhua May 3, 2016).
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 02/11/2016 - 09:40
Paper No. 6075 Dated 11-Feb-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
Corruption among Chinese officials and Communist Party cadres has always been a problem. In more recent years the situation had become acute. Young people were joining the party to get advantage over non-party members in jobs, promotions and plum postings. The fact that corruption was present in the top echelons made the fight against this scourge even more difficult.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 09/03/2015 - 06:38
Paper No. 6001 Dated 03-Sept-2015
By D. S. Rajan
Discernible in China since January 2015, is a trend pointing towards increasing concerns of the central leadership over corrupt, undisciplined and reforms-wary cadres, particularly at senior levels. Confirming it are important speeches being given by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping on different occasions, certain official documents and comments regularly appearing in the party and state controlled media.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 07:28
Paper No. 5991 Dated 19-Aug-2015
By Bhaskar Roy
The Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, the People’s Daily (August 10) clearly indicated that President Xi Jinping was preparing to strike at the powerful former President and party Chief Jiang Zemin. The newspaper carried a signed article titled, “Dialectally View the Phenomenon of ‘Tea Turns Cold When People are Away’,” a message that few in China could miss.
