Given this history, the prosecution of Zhou is a watershed event – far more significant than the riveting trial of the disgraced former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai a year ago. It unambiguously demonstrates Xi’s personal authority and political resolve.
从这段历史看，起诉周永康是一次分水岭式的事件——远比一年前重庆市委书记薄熙来被送上审判台更加重要。该事件明白无误地表明了习近平的个人权威和政治决心。但问题依然存在：习近平希望通过三十多年来最惊心动魄的反腐运动实现什么目的？