Sentences about Chinese anti-corruption campaigns
The theme of a study by Melanie Manion is that China’s approach to fighting corruption hearkens back to Maoist campaigns of the 1950s, with the same undesirable effects: campaigns are too frequent, do not last long enough to enlist public confidence, and undermine the growth of long-term institutions of surveillance and enforcement…
That is from Alan Heston and Terry Sicular in this very useful 2008 book. The Melanie Manion book is here.