China Warns ‘Hedonistic’ Bankers to Toe the Communist Party Line
Xi poised to tighten control at annual parliamentary meeting
Finance sector is under pressure from common prosperity push
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Bloomberg News
Bankers in China are being told to rectify their mindsets, clean up their “hedonistic” lifestyles and stop copying Western ways.
The directives, part of a 3,500-word commentary last week from the country’s top anti-graft watchdog, are just the latest sign that President Xi Jinping’s campaign to tighten the Communist Party’s grip on the financial system has a long way to go.