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Can the CCP Function Without Corruption?

Xi Jinping’s inter-Party anti-corruption campaign has now been in effect for over two years. Government statistics show that well over 100,000 “tigers and flies” have been disciplined since December 2012, the vast majority of whom were punished last year. With a fear of disciplinary action now sweeping through a system so permeated by corruption, some have noted that cadres may be less able to effectively implement policy, and less willing