Eight years ago, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping criticized party officials for letting their confidence waver and sending their families and money abroad. These people were trying to “leave themselves a way out and prepared to ‘jump ship’ anytime.” Study Times, a newspaper run by the CCP’s Central Party School for training Chinese officials, recently reiterated these words, saying some party officials were being physically in China, but mentally abroad. “This shows a loss of ideal and a lack of confidence toward the Party and the nation,” the article said, adding that such officials are more prone to “losing their direction” and “walking further away on the wrong path.” Such officials have become known as “naked officials,” a figurative term suggesting that they are not leaving anything but themselves back home. Naked officials might not be corrupt, but they have a higher chance to become corrupt,” the Study Times article …
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