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Xi Jinping rose to power on a message of anti-corruption, and part of the reason he remains in power on an indefinite term is by presenting himself as the "only

Xi Jinping rose to power on a message of anti-corruption, and part of the reason he remains in power on an indefinite term is by presenting himself as the "only trusted" person to maintain anti-corruption amongst all the factions. While I'm sure he doesn't catch all corruption and the CCP overall has selective enforcement, the reason they do have measures like this is in large part because of Xi Jinping's specific reputation and positioning.

nonethewiser 3mo ago
You seem to be circling the issue. Corruption can mean anything from taking bribes to exerting influence that is outside Xi’s interests.
- mikeyouse 3mo ago
  And far too people are aware that Xi is extraordinarily corrupt.. "Similarly, Xi’s siblings, nieces, and nephews held assets worth over $1 billion in business investments and real estate" https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ODNI-Unclassified-CDA-CCP-Leadership-202503.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ODNI-Un...
- jandrese 3mo ago
  Or in authoritarian regimes it often means "stole from the party". As long as you only steal from the poor and give the proper bribes up the chain you are in no danger in most corrupt societies. Except possibly in the rare occasion where your corruption causes a disaster that embarrasses the people above you in the hierarchy. Far too often when you see stories about how someone was persecuted for corruption it boils down to "he stole from rich people".
  - edot 3mo ago
    This is true in any power structure ever. Kings, mafia, pick-your-dictatorship, many democracies. Hurt or steal from the poor, not other rich or elite, and always make sure to kick some up to the big guys.
seanmcdirmid 3mo ago
All presidents rise to power on a message of anti-corruption, they all clean house when they start in office but usually it falls off until the next president takes over. The problem Xi has is that now that he is now president for life, the house isn't getting cleaned in the usual way every 10 years; he has to do a corruption purge every so often or things will get grimey.
- Terr_ 3mo ago
  > All presidents rise to power on a message of anti-corruption You mean in China specifically? Otherwise there are some pretty harsh counterexamples to that "all".
  - seanmcdirmid 3mo ago
    I'm just talking about China, we were only talking about China right? We don't really have a lot of data points to go by since there have been only three presidents so far with supreme power (after it was combined with General Secretary and military chair head, before that president was more of a ceremonial role).
sumedh 3mo ago
> Xi Jinping rose to power on a message of anti-corruption Just like Trump and Modi

nonethewiser 3mo ago

You seem to be circling the issue. Corruption can mean anything from taking bribes to exerting influence that is outside Xi’s interests.

mikeyouse 3mo ago
And far too people are aware that Xi is extraordinarily corrupt.. "Similarly, Xi’s siblings, nieces, and nephews held assets worth over $1 billion in business investments and real estate" https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ODNI-Unclassified-CDA-CCP-Leadership-202503.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ODNI-Un...
jandrese 3mo ago
Or in authoritarian regimes it often means "stole from the party". As long as you only steal from the poor and give the proper bribes up the chain you are in no danger in most corrupt societies. Except possibly in the rare occasion where your corruption causes a disaster that embarrasses the people above you in the hierarchy. Far too often when you see stories about how someone was persecuted for corruption it boils down to "he stole from rich people".
- edot 3mo ago
  This is true in any power structure ever. Kings, mafia, pick-your-dictatorship, many democracies. Hurt or steal from the poor, not other rich or elite, and always make sure to kick some up to the big guys.

seanmcdirmid 3mo ago

All presidents rise to power on a message of anti-corruption, they all clean house when they start in office but usually it falls off until the next president takes over. The problem Xi has is that now that he is now president for life, the house isn't getting cleaned in the usual way every 10 years; he has to do a corruption purge every so often or things will get grimey.

Terr_ 3mo ago
> All presidents rise to power on a message of anti-corruption You mean in China specifically? Otherwise there are some pretty harsh counterexamples to that "all".
- seanmcdirmid 3mo ago
  I'm just talking about China, we were only talking about China right? We don't really have a lot of data points to go by since there have been only three presidents so far with supreme power (after it was combined with General Secretary and military chair head, before that president was more of a ceremonial role).

sumedh 3mo ago

> Xi Jinping rose to power on a message of anti-corruption Just like Trump and Modi