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Zhou Yongkang: Last Tiger In Xi’s Crosshairs?

The Atlantic’s Matt Schiavenza argues that politics (not corruption) best explains the downfall of China’s ex-security chief, Zhou Yongkang, who awaits a formal indictment under house arrest after authorities seized $14.5 billion in assets from his friends and associates who have been ensnared in a widening graft probe: But despite the scale of the case against Zhou and his network, his downfall may have little to do with corruption at all. In the end,

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