The Chinese Communist Party, which has championed an "anti-corruption" campaign, raised the threshold for the crime of acquiring large sums of money of unknown origin from 300,000 yuan to 3 million yuan in April 2026. The bar has suddenly become ten times higher. Was the 14-year anti-corruption policy truly aimed at eradicating corruption? Or is this a quiet shift in direction?
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The Chinese Communist Party, which has championed an "anti-corruption" campaign, raised the threshold for the crime of acquiring large sums of money of unknown origin from 300,000 yuan to 3 million yuan in April 2026. The bar has suddenly become ten times higher. Was the 14-year anti-corruption policy truly aimed at eradicating corruption? Or is this a quiet shift in direction?