Xi Jinping's never-ending hunt for corruption in the Communist Party - BBC News

The latest phase of the anti-corruption drive targets the finance sector and elite nuclear rocket force.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Some say Mr Xi has capitalised on the crackdown to gain a political advantageBy Stephen McDonellChina correspondent As the latest phase of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown cuts through high-level banking and the elite nuclear rocket force, some have questioned when it might end.

The short answer: it won't.

It has become a central plank of the system of governance for China's leader.

And, because the anti-corruption drive has been used to remove anyone with even the slightest hint of a tendency to divert from his way of doing things, Mr Xi is sometimes characterised as an out-of-control Stalin-like figure purging left, right and centre without good cause.

But there are those who do not see it that way.

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