'Stand-off' in anti-graft war

Supervision of power will be pivotal to China's battle against corruption, with the forces of corruption and those fighting it currently at a "stand-off", a senior anti-corruption official has said.

Li Xueqin, head of the research division under the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, made the remarks in a recent interview in which he discussed the anti-corruption efforts made in the 20 years since the Party declared a war on corruption in 1993.

Li said that "stand-off" status is the best description of the overall situation.