The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 100-year history is not just one of revolution and rejuvenation, but also ruthlessness.
From Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to Deng Xiaoping’s Tiananmen Square crackdown and Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crusade, leaders of the CCP have not hesitated to take whatever steps they deem necessary to secure and remain in power.
In its 100 years, who has China’s Communist Party purged? | China News | Al Jazeera
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A man takes a photo of a display showing Chinese leaders who have been convicted of various crimes at an exhibition highlighting China’s achievements under five years of leadership by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Beijing Exhibition Hall in Beijing, Thursday, September 28, 2017 [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP]
