China’s campaign against corruption, which the country’s leaders have linked to the Communist Party’s ability to stay in power, has been President Xi Jinping’s signature policy since he rose to power in 2012. More than a decade on, it continues apace. The South China Morning Post takes a multimedia deep dive into the cases of top officials, known as “tigers”, brought down between 2013 and 2025 to see what those investigations tell us about the anti-corruption campaign.
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Xi’s corruption crackdown by the numbers



