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From top politicians to billionaires, no one is too powerful or rich to escape the baleful purges of China's president: How those who dare to cross the Red Emperor mysteriously disappear or end up dead
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August 12, 2024
Last year, a history of the last of the Ming emperors, who ruled China for 300 years, was selling briskly in bookshops in China. The runaway best-seller told the story of Chongzhen, whose name meant 'Lofty Ambitions', a minor prince who came to power without ability or leadership skills. He interfered in small affairs of state, alienated his entire court, sacked or killed any rival talent, purged able ministers, banned criticism, wasted money and brought disaster where he had promised a renaissance. His reign ended in the fall of his dynasty, foreign invasion and his own miserable suicide by hanging from a tree in a park in Beijing in 1644.