Xi Warns of Regime’s Demise Unless China Tackles Graft
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Xi Jinping, the new head of China’s ruling Communist Party, told his fellow leaders that unless they address corruption social unrest may rise and it could lead to the demise of the party.
“The preponderance of facts tell us that the more severe the corruption problem becomes, it will ultimately lead the party and the nation to perish!” Xi told members of the ruling Politburo on Nov. 17 in remarks published yesterday in the People’s Daily, the party newspaper. “We must be vigilant!”