China Investigates Retired Top Media Censor

Anti-China narrative

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is less about clean governance and more about consolidating one-man rule — purging rivals, silencing dissent and tightening internet censorship. The arrests haven't loosened Beijing's grip on information and online speech remains criminalized. Calling this a reform ignores that the crackdown intensified right after Xi secured a third term and moved toward lifetime rule.