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Was fallen Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe compromised by hostile force?
Of the all top generals who fell in Xi’s war against corruption, Wei was the only one described as “zhongcheng shi jie” or “ being disloyal and losing one’s chastity”. The hard-to-translate phrase “shi jie” has its origins in Chinese history, where it was …