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More than Mere Words, Less than Hard Law: A Rhetorical Analysis of China'S Anti-Corruption Policy

“…If some of them deteriorate, the whole body of our party will no longer be healthy and may break down … The battle against corruption is a matter of life and death for the party and the state." 9 The disease metaphor implies a story about deterioration PAQ SUMMER 2003 (173) and decline and renders legitimacy to controlling efforts. In a report by the Yangzhou City Government on curbing corruption, for instance, the prosecutors of the city's complicated corruption cases were highly praised for "treating corruption as tumor, the cutting of which may cause bleeding but the short-term pain will benefit the long-term health of a patient."…”