The watchdogs' watchdog

In a recent investigative tour of East China's Jiangsu province, Wang Qishan, head of the Party's top anti-graft watchdog, stressed that to advance stricter self-governance of the Party, its discipline inspection departments at various levels should make themselves an example by putting their power in an institutional cage.

Such a move is necessary, given that many people have been wondering who are the watchdogs keeping an eye on the watchdogs. Some corruption cases involving discipline inspection officials in the past demonstrate that not all disciplinary officials are immune to the lure of illicit gains.

Due to the power they wield, people usually do not dare to offend or criticize them, which possibly emboldens some of them to disregard the Party discipline and laws that they are supposed to be upholding.