Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive snares a record 65 ‘tigers’ in 2025

The figure is 12 per cent higher than the 58 senior officials caught in the anti-corruption fight in 2024 – surpassing the peak set just a year earlier. Those detained included top officials in charge of China’s provinces and cities, senior administrators in ministries, top financial regulators and bankers, senior executives of state-owned enterprises and presidents of prestigious universities. On Tuesday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top discipline and anti-corruption body, announced the detention of Zhang Shiping, 71, former vice-chairwoman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, for suspected corruption, making her the 65th high-ranking official ensnared…