China's Anti-Corruption Campaign Was Literally for PR

China's anti-corruption campaign was literally for PR and to solidify Xi Jinping's rule. It has in fact made it a more distilled corrupt country. The corruption is there because of the central government, not on these local fringe levels from the top. All power got distilled to Xi Jinping. And they now have pop show dramas about why Xi Jinping is so good. Yeah. I remember watching an attempted crime drama once many years ago in China. They exist, but they're not, there's no. You know what I mean? So you have a foot massage like 35 R&B for like 40 minutes or something. That was when I first got to China,. Because it's so

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