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China corruption could lead to Soviet-style collapse, says graft buster
Published Wed, Nov 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA must step up its battle against corruption in order to safeguard against a Soviet-style collapse, the country's second most senior graft buster said in an editorial on Wednesday.
Yang Xiaodu, the deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, who was promoted to the ruling Communist Party's 25-strong Politburo last month, said failure would risk the "red country changing colour".
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