President Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Biggest Since Mao

President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption is growing into one of the broadest in China’s modern history, snaring dozens of businessmen and government officials and positioning Xi as the country’s most powerful leader in decades.

With the country’s legislature gathering in Beijing this week, Xi is sending a message that no one is beyond his reach. He has targeted a network of people associated with Zhou Yongkang, a retired member of China’s Politburo Standing Committee. Besides being a former member of the country’s highest governing body, Zhou headed the national oil company and China’s domestic security agency.