President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua
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How temporary is the new mainland mercantilism?

A probe on misdeeds at state enterprises obliges restraints on overseas companies which might otherwise flourish under a domestic crackdown

Derek Scissors
Derek Scissors

Updated: 1:02am, 26 Aug, 2014

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President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has prompted debate over whether his ultimate goal is genuine reform or to concentrate power in his own hands. Photo: Xinhua
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Derek Scissors is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.