Sinocism

China in the 21st Century

Xi Jinping is making clear that the corruption crackdown will continue. He received a CDIC report at the recent Politburo meeting (China Daily) and reportedly said that (Duowei Chinese) “some cadres, and especially high-level cadres, have seriously violated discipline and the law (“个别领导干部特别是高级干部严重违纪违法”).

On Wednesday Xinhua wrote in 对“半拉子”调查 监督不能“烂尾” that the corruption investigations spurred by online exposes can not be allowed to just fade away with no resolution, while today’s People’s Daily says the new Internet law will not harm netizens’ freedom of speech or impact the internet anti-corruption campaign (人民日报-社会各界热议网络信息保护决定 不损害网民言论自由 不影响网络反腐效果 ). Online exposes continue, as noted in the “Politics and Law” section below.