Xi declares ‘overwhelming victory’ over corruption

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared an ‘overwhelming victory’ in his fight against graft within the ruling Chinese Communist Party, while still vowing that the campaign to weed out deep-seated corruption will continue, state media reported.

Xi has pledged to wage war on graft until corruption of all kinds has been expunged at all levels of the Communist Party, from highlevel ‘tigers’ to low-level ‘flies’.

He proclaimed during a twice-adecade meeting of the top party leadership in October 2017 that his fight against graft had achieved ‘overwhelming momentum’.

However, Xi announced at a meeting of the party’s Politburo on Friday that the fight had now obtained an ‘overwhelming victory’, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The shift from ‘momentum’ to ‘victory’ reflects an important judgment from the party leadership, CCTV said. — AFP