High-ranking “tigers” have drawn most of the attention, but 99 per cent of the cadres punished in the campaign are ordinary “flies” at county level or below. Photo: Simon Song
High-ranking “tigers” have drawn most of the attention, but 99 per cent of the cadres punished in the campaign are ordinary “flies” at county level or below. Photo: Simon Song
China /  Politics

Nearly 350,000 Chinese cadres disciplined during Xi Jinping’s austerity campaign

  • High-ranking ‘tigers’ – and many more ordinary ‘flies’ – punished for breaking the rules in six-year crackdown on extravagance

William Zheng
William Zheng

Updated: 11:20pm, 5 Dec, 2018

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High-ranking “tigers” have drawn most of the attention, but 99 per cent of the cadres punished in the campaign are ordinary “flies” at county level or below. Photo: Simon Song
High-ranking “tigers” have drawn most of the attention, but 99 per cent of the cadres punished in the campaign are ordinary “flies” at county level or below. Photo: Simon Song
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