In communist parlance "anti-corruption" campaigns and "reform measures" refers to purging the power of rival factions in a non-democratic state and replacing the corrupt cronies of high-level functionaries with one's own. Xi Jinping first appeared in Western [[liberal media]] as a "reformer", gaining him the support and sympathy of Western [[journalist]]s and policymakers with a baseless assumption that the people of China viewed him as a reformer and corruption fighter, as well. | In communist parlance "anti-corruption" campaigns and "reform measures" refers to purging the power of rival factions in a non-democratic state and replacing the corrupt cronies of high-level functionaries with one's own. Xi Jinping first appeared in Western [[liberal media]] as a "reformer", gaining him the support and sympathy of Western [[journalist]]s and policymakers with a baseless assumption that the people of China viewed him as a reformer and corruption fighter, as well. |