Hunting the corrupt "tigers" and "flies" in China
Subtitle: an evaluation of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign (November 2012 to March 2015)
By: Jon S.T. Quah
Series: Maryland series in contemporary Asian studies -- Number 1 - 2015 (220); Maryland series in contemporary Asian studies -- 2015, no. 1.
Publisher: Carey School of Law, University of Maryland
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781932330502
Subjects: Political corruption; Politics and government; Government policy; Corruption; Prevention
Other titles: Evaluation of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign (November 2012 to March 2015)
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Analyzing China's systemic corruption problem. A. Corruption and the dynastic cycle ; B. Corruption and low salaries of officials in imperial China ; C. Corruption during the Republican Period (1912-1949) ; D. Corruption in China after 1949; title: Xi Jinping's career and rise to political power. A. Family background and education ; B. Administrative and political experience ; C. Explaining Xi's meteoric rise to power; title: China's reliance on multiple anti-corruption agencies. A. Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) ; Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) ; C. Ministry of Supervision (MOS) ; National Corruption Prevention Bureau (NCPB) ; E. Weaknesses of China's ACAs; title: Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign. A. Mass campaigns in China ; B. The three anti and five anti campaigns (1951-1952) ; C. Major features of Xi's anti-corruption campaign; title: Evaluation of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign. A. Utility of mass campaigns in China ; B. Impact of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign ; C. Treating symptoms but not causes of corruption - low salaries - red tape - low probability of detection and punishment - decentralization - guanxi and gift-giving ; D. Corruption as a weapon against political opponents. CHEN Xitong ; CHEN Liangyu ; BO Xilai ; ZHOU Yongkang; title: Conclusion : Business as usual when the campaign ends. A. No-win situation for the CCP ; B. Addressing the causes of corruption; title: List of abbreviations; title: Glossary of selected Chinese names; title: Acknowledgments.