China’s Xi Jinping Signals Coming Purge of Former Regime Head

Using the age-old Chinese literary device of using allusions to communicate meaning, Xi Jinping has indicated his intention to remove two powerful, former officials.
China’s Xi Jinping Signals Coming Purge of Former Regime Head
Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Le Bourget, outside Paris, on Nov. 30, 2015. Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images
Larry Ong
Journalist
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Through the age-old Chinese literary device of using allusions to communicate meaning, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has indicated his intention to purge two former officials who for a long time were the most powerful individuals in China.

The allusions were made in “Xi Jinping’s Treatise on Impartial and Strict Party Discipline and Standards,” a book of speeches made last year by Xi at various meetings with officials, which went into circulation countrywide on Jan. 3.

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Larry Ong
Larry Ong
Journalist
Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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