Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign: a double-edged sword at the heart of the war of succession

Portraits of Chinese statesmen Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping at the Chinese Revolution Museum.
Portraits of Chinese statesmen Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping at the Chinese Revolution Museum. © Johannes Neudecker/dpa via Reuters Connect
Behind China's renewed anti-corruption campaign lies a fierce power struggle at the top of the Party, where political purges entwine with the delicate issue of the president's succession. [...]
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