CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Less than 18 months after becoming General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping is poised to cage the biggest political “tiger” – a corrupt top official – in the history of the People’s Republic. Although rumors of the imminent fall of former internal security chief Zhou Yongkang have been swirling for months, many observers remained unsure whether Xi would prosecute Zhou and thus break the party’s long-established unwritten rule of immunity for sitting or retired members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
克莱蒙特，加利福尼亚—成为中共中央总书记还不到18个月，习近平似乎准备拿新中国历史上最大的政治“老虎”——某腐败顶级官员开刀了。尽管关于前国内安全总管周永康即将落马的流言已经传播的几个月之久，但许多观察者仍不确定习近平是否会起诉周永康，从而打破中共长期存在的不成文规矩——刑不上政治局常委，不管现任还是退休。