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Zero tolerance for corrupt Communist Party cadres with business links, Xi Jinping warns
- On the verge of a third five-year term, Xi signals renewed focus on top party officials who become ‘agents of interest groups’
- President’s pledge is a message to the rank and file, analyst says
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There is zero tolerance in the Communist Party for senior cadres who collude with business, President Xi Jinping warned, pledging the toughest penalties for any offenders.
“[We will] seriously deal with corruption intertwining political and economic problems,” Xi told party delegates attending the 20th national congress in Beijing on Sunday.
“[We must] resolutely put a stop to collusion between cadres in leading positions who become the spokespersons or agents of interest groups and powerful cliques.
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“[We will] take resolute action to address the political and environmental damage caused by collusion between politics and business.
“[We will] show absolutely no mercy for these people.”
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Xi Jinping charts China’s future course at 20th party congress
Xi Jinping charts China’s future course at 20th party congress
In recent years, the party’s anti-corruption police have arrested dozens of senior officials accused of colluding with business – a crackdown that Xi’s comments indicate will continue or even gain momentum as he starts a new five-year term as the party’s boss, according to analysts.
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