Xi Jinping, the new head of China’s ruling Communist Party, told his fellow leaders that unless they address corruption social unrest may rise and it could lead to the demise of the party.
“The preponderance of facts tell us that the more severe the corruption problem becomes, it will ultimately lead the party and the nation to perish!” Xi told members of the ruling Politburo on Nov. 17 in remarks published yesterday in the People’s Daily, the party newspaper. “We must be vigilant!”
Xi’s comments came two days after he took over leadership of the 82-million member party from Hu Jintao, who is also expected to turn over the state presidency to Xi in March. The Communist Party was rocked by the biggest political scandal in a generation this year with the ouster of Bo Xilai from the Politburo in April and the conviction in August of his wife for the murder of a British businessman.
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