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Recently, in China, a series of death sentences were imposed on former high-ranking officials accused of corruption.

Analysts say that he was trying to catch up with discipline before he officially announced his third term as President Xi Jinping.



Correspondent Young-tae Chung reports from Beijing.



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Fu Zhenghua, former chief of the Chinese judiciary, who once led the fight against corruption, enters court.



He was sentenced to death on charges of bribery of 22.6 billion won of our money and abuse of power.



A day later, Sun Lijun, a former deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security, who was the second-largest police force in China, was also sentenced to death on charges of extorting more than 120 billion won in bribes.



[Sun Lijun / Former Vice Minister of Public Security of China: I did not think that I would become a destroyer of the rule of law, fairness and justice.]



In exchange for cooperating with the investigation, the execution was suspended for two years, both of them classified as belonging to former President Jiang Zemin. It also drew attention as it was accused of forming a faction and raising political ambitions together.



[Guhui/Chinese Disciplinary Commission employee: Created factions and abused personal connections to have a negative political impact.]



Therefore, it is interpreted that it is not a faction crackdown to consolidate long-term power while at the same time showing off President Xi Jinping's achievements in eradicating high-level corruption .

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In the atmosphere of publicizing the achievements of the past 10 years of President Xi's presidency, he is also gathering public opinion in the social and cultural aspects.



This low-budget film, which depicts the hardships and social absurdity of rural residents, entered the international film festival with favorable reviews, and seemed to be doing well at the box office.



However, it suddenly disappeared from the movie theater as there were criticisms that it was only benefiting the West by slandering the country.



An article by a former editor of a state-run media criticizing censorship and overt control of public opinion on cultural products has also been deleted recently, but the Chinese authorities are expected to continue intensive discipline.



(Video coverage: Choi Deok-hyun, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)