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1. News - China - GOVERNANCE

   Xi Jinping warns corruption threatens party's rule

   Posted Nov 20th 2012, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... Leader warns that the party risks losing power as growth slows unless graft is stamped out Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has warned that the ruling party will lose its hold on power or risk major social unrest unless widespread corruption is curbed. Xi, who succeeded Hu Jintao as party general secretary and head of the military last week, and will replace Hu as president ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086360/xi-jinping-warns-corruption-threatens-partys-rule
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Xi off to good start but must deliver on higher expectations

   Posted Dec 15th 2012, 12:00am

   ... of a less remote governing style being fulfilled by substance. Xi has set the bar high, promising to fight corruption that he says threatens the party's rule, to push reforms begun by late ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1105711/xi-good-start-must-deliver-higher-expectations
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China's new austerity is catching on

   Posted Feb 02nd 2013, 12:00am

   ... discreet locations like guesthouses to host entertainment. The military, too, has felt the full force of Xi's spartan crusade. As chairman of the Central Military Commission he is also its ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1141485/chinas-new-austerity-catching
4. Comment - Blogs - CORRUPTION

   Revealed: emerging trends behind China's anti-corruption drive

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 06:59pm by Ernest Kao

   ... Since Xi Jinping took the reins as the party chief last year, he has made several pledges to fight corruption  in China. Those who don't make the cut, he has stressed, will be purged . The epic Bo Xilai saga aside, “violations of party discipline” (a fancier name for graft) have so far revolved around many of the same offences, namely embezzlement, bribery, nepotism and abuse ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1139426/revealed-emerging-trends-behind-chinas-anti-corruption-drive
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Chinese leaders in search of a middle path

   Posted Jan 09th 2013, 12:00am by LANXIN XIANG

   ... campaign, which he deems absolutely necessary, with a tough but steady hand, so as not to undermine the legitimacy of the regime. Surprisingly, Xi Jinping has also shown himself to be a history buff. His down-to-earth speeches are full of substantive rather than decorative historical references. Unlike Wang, Xi focuses more on continuity than disruption. Two significant themes have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1123129/chinese-leaders-search-middle-path
6. News - China - CORRUPTION

   Curb pomp and bureaucracy, military chiefs are told

   Posted Dec 22nd 2012, 12:00am by Mimi Lau

   ... official visits to prevent public disturbances. They were also told to discipline their spouses, children and subordinates and make sure they do not take bribes. On December 4, Xi ordered Politburo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1110155/curb-pomp-and-bureaucracy-military-chiefs-are-told
7. News - China - 18th PARTY CONGRESS

   Xi Jinping pledges to tackle corruption

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... leaders. Along with Xi, a slate of new leaders was also sworn in as they were elevated to the Politburo and its Standing Committee, the apex of power, after elections by the newly elected Central ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083432/xi-jinping-pledges-tackle-corruption
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion - LEADER

   To fight corruption, China must push to disclose leaders' wealth

   Posted Apr 19th 2013, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

   ... of China's biggest scourges. President Xi Jinping has rightly made its eradication a priority. Yet, after two decades of discussion at National People's Congress level, there has been limited ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1217811/fight-corruption-china-must-push-disclose-leaders-wealth
9. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   What Xi Jinping must do to root out corruption

   Posted Jan 02nd 2013, 12:25am by STEVE TSANG

   ... Steve Tsang says two things stand in the way of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive – the party's absolute power and the endemic exploitation by leaders' relatives of their position for personal gain Upon his promotion to the post of general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and therefore the leader of China, Xi Jinping declared that one of his top priorities ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1117859/what-xi-jinping-must-do-root-out-corruption
10. News - China - CORRUPTION

    Xi Jinping warns of unrest if graft not tackled

    Posted Nov 19th 2012, 11:45am

    ... If corruption is allowed to run wild in China then the ruling Communist Party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule, state media on Monday quoted Vice President Xi Jinping as saying at one of his first major meetings since being named as new leader at the 18th party congress. In unusually blunt language, Xi, who assumes Hu Jintao’s job as head of state in March next ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086003/xi-jinping-warns-unrest-if-graft-not-tackled

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