China launches ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ study campaign, forcing CCP members to hit the books


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An image of Chinese President Xi Jinping is projected in a large screen in Shanghai on April 21. The country is currently undergoing a renewed crackdown on corruption at all levels of the CCP, with the effects felt everywhere from banking to soccer.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press Xi Jinping is nothing if not prolific. Since becoming China’s leader in 2012 he has published more than 40 books: treatises on Communist theory, volumes of history and collections of speeches. For the 97 million Communist Party members around the country, each additional publication brings with it a responsibility to study and learn...