New leader offers China new hope of curbing corruption

November 24, 2012 13:53

Chinese leaders, who have been decrying corruption and doing very little about it for decades, can have a little more hope this time around as Xi Jingping embarks his political journey as China's new President, experts have said.

Though China's fight against curbing corruption would be a huge challenge, Xi's warning during the first meeting of the newly chosen 25-member Politburo last weekend can act as a ray of light for the ordinary Chinese citizen's single biggest complaint.

"All behavior that violates party discipline or the law should be punished without mercy," Xi had said.

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