| ID | 184998 |
| Title Proper | Dynamics and Trajectory of Corruption in Contemporary China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wedeman, Andrew |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Analysis of the data on the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Xi Jinping in late 2012 and early 2013 shows that its primary effect was to dramatically increase the number of senior officials—popularly known as “tigers”—charged with corruption. Heretofore, much of the debate about the crackdown has focused on who was been taken down and why. In this article, I shift the focus away from the “who” and “why” questions to a deeper question: what led to the proliferation of tigers? That is, how did corruption spread among the senior ranks of the party-state? Drawing on data on the tigers’ involvement in corruption, I argue that corruption was “promoted” upward during the years that preceded Xi’s crackdown. Xi’s fight with corruption has thus been a battle with corruption that spread first among the middle ranks of the party-state and then moved upward into the leadership as corrupt officials rose up through the ranks. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Review Vol. 22, No.2; May 2022: p.21-48 |
| Journal Source | China Review 2022-06 22, 2 |
| Key Words | Contemporary China ; Dynamics and Trajectory of Corruptio |