China's Paranoid Purge

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Li Shufu and Qin Gang were handpicked by Xi. It doesn't make sense saying these were "purges" because they were the enemies. They do however avoid putting out reasons for high level officials removals in general to avoid embrassment, which imo is actually bad for image in the long run.

> Li Shufu and Qin Gang were handpicked by Xi. It doesn't make sense saying these were "purges"

Makes total sense until, you know, it does. Condamnatio memoriae and removing the likenesses of those who have fallen from grace is millennia old; for come famous more recent examples see e.g. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photo-book...

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