Wang Qishan Quotes
The challenge that worries us most comes from within, from within the People’s Republic of China and from within our own party…. I’ve said there’ll be no end to this, because if there’s a backlash, there’ll be big problems
This was a private speech he made to his corruption inspectors. At this point in time, there was extensive corruption of the millions of local officials of the ruling Communist Party then a generation of two from the idealism of the original communists who fought in the Chinese Revolution. The common people were beginning to complain and demonstrate against local officials who were making things worse by what even the heavy handed Chinese party leaders considered heavy handed. The inspectors were coming under great pressure as the anti-corruption campaign was producing a blowback from local officials and the corrupt officials were so numerous that they could represent a destabilization threat in a political culture where stability was the highest priority. The anti-corruption campaign was an attempt to regain “party discipline”. See Quotation 643893.
Wang Qishan Closed Door Meeting of His Anti-Corruption Inspectors 2016 Quoted in, The New York Times, October 23, 2016
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Communist Chine, faced with massive corruption by local Communist Party officials and an ever more knowing and angry public, had created and given enforcement teeth to a national anti-corruption program.
See Lyndon Johnson's remark about J. Edgar Hoover for a modern extrapolation.
- Born: July 19, 1948
- Nationality: Chinese
- Profession: Politician
Wang Qishan, alternatively spelled as Wang Ch'i-shan is a Chinese politician, and the current Vice President of the People's Republic of China. Wang is one of the leading figures behind China's foreign affairs, along with Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang. Between 2012 and 2017, Wang had served as the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party's anti-corruption body, and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's highest decision making body. He has been instrumental in carrying out General Secretary Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign since 2013.
