Maybe....
Was he REALLY the problem? Or was he the scapegoat/flunkie that took the bullet to the head for the team?
With China's growing economy the corruption, that was already there, is taking on the look of a hydra.
When I was in Beijing a couple months back I saw all the Military Officers flying around in Suped-up Audis, equipped with lights and sirens! (I mean what else could an officer be driving???
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And I kept thinking to myself "If those cars are for getting themselves quickly to the latest peasant uprising wouldn't a Hummer be better?" I mean you'd ruin the undercarriage running them flat with those cars!