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Xi's Anti-Corruption Drive Echoes Imperial China

Aug 15, 2014 | 21:23 GMT

Xi's Anti-Corruption Drive Echoes Imperial China
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin on March 28.

(JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

The cycle of corruption, reform, dynastic decline and systemic change can be seen throughout Chinese history....