{
  "id": 3235381,
  "title": "Xi’s 13-year corruption campaign just keeps accelerating",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/xis-13-year-corruption-campaign-just-keeps-accelerating",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T09:35:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/china/politics/article/3365200/xis-13-year-corruption-campaign-just-keeps-accelerating"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption is picking up pace even after more than a decade of investigations, according to a South China Morning Post deep dive. There were 65 probes into civilian officials of vice-ministerial grade or above last year versus just 19 in 2013, when Xi took office, the research shows. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Xi’s 13-year corruption campaign just keeps accelerating",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/xis-13-year-corruption-campaign-just-keeps-accelerating-3237973",
        "published": "2026-08-25T09:35:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}