China’s President Says His Anti-Corruption Drive Is Deadlocked

There’s been much to-do about China’s anti-corruption drive, and the leading example of that effort has been the downfall of a man who was once one of the country’s most powerful officials, ex-security czar Zhou Yongkang.

But the Chinese government’s unprecedented decision to investigate Zhou, which potentially paves the way for formal corruption charges, may not be quite the triumph many observers assumed. Perhaps the clearest signal comes from a recent assessment by the man at the helm of the corruption crackdown: Chinese President and Communist Party boss Xi Jinping.

“The two armies of corruption and anti-corruption are at a stalemate,” Xi reportedly told a closed-door Politburo meeting in late June.

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