As the anti-corruption struggle continues to deepen, some noteworthy public opinion tendencies and atmosphere have emerged in society. For example, anti-corruption has nothing to do with the interests of the masses, anti-corruption makes cadres inactive, anti-corruption affects economic development, anti-corruption is a power struggle, and anti-corruption should be slowed down, and so on. We must distinguish and guide these vague understandings and erroneous remarks, refute erroneous remarks, dispel negative feelings, eliminate prejudices and misunderstandings, and make it clear that our party's anti-corruption campaign is not a "snobbish shop" where people eat and drink, not a "house of cards" that strives for power and profit, and not a "unfinished building" that has no end and no end, so as to create a good atmosphere of public opinion for the in-depth development of the party's work style, the building of a clean and honest government, and the anti-corruption struggle.

——Speech at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (January 12, 2016)

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House of Ca

DS) is an American political drama series that tells the story of a cold-blooded and ruthless U.S. congressman and his equally ambitious wife, who will do whatever it takes to gain power in the American political arena.

The protagonist of the TV series, Frank Underwood, is a scheming career politician with almost no bottom line. In order to bring down the soon-to-be-appointed secretary of state, he sent his subordinates to drink and take drugs with witnesses in order to get the witnesses to give false testimony; In order to deal with the Minister of Education, he betrayed the respected old minister and pretended to be a good man; Gain loyalty by threatening the unbearable past of your subordinates.,Once the loyalty is no longer there, you will immediately retaliate wildly.。 Such a style of critical realism won "House of Cards" many applause and fans.

The first season of "House of Cards" premiered on February 1, 2013, and attracted the attention of politicians and people from all over the world as soon as it was released, because it highly realistically restored the dangerous game of power and money trading, power trading, and power trading of power and sex trading among American politicians. Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former British Prime Minister David Cameron have publicly stated that they have watched "House of Cards". The 2016 U.S. presidential election was full of ups and downs, which can be called a realistic version of "House of Cards". At present, the fifth season of "House of Cards" has been confirmed to be filmed, and it continues to interpret the dark box intrigues and unbearable tricks in the big dye vat of Western politics.

Michael Daubs, the author of the original novel "House of Cards", was a British politician who entered politics in 1975, serving as special adviser to the government and then chief of staff in Margaret Thatcher's government, before retiring as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. It is precisely because Michael Daubers is an "insider" of Western politics that the officialdom novels he writes are real and exciting. Foreign media commented on the novel "House of Cards", "This is an extremely exciting story, vivid and real, fascinating, full of cynicism about the world, and at the same time makes people feel immersive."

At the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xi Jinping stressed that anti-corruption is not a "snobbish shop" that looks at people's dishes, not a "house of cards" for power and profit, and not a "unfinished building" with a head and no tail, and effectively refuted vague understandings and erroneous remarks such as "anti-corruption has nothing to do with the interests of the masses" and "anti-corruption is a power struggle", reflecting the firm determination of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to fight corruption with an iron fist.

This is not the first time Xi Jinping has used the "house of cards" metaphor. During his visit to the United States in September 2015, a reporter asked "whether China's anti-corruption has any power struggle", Xi Jinping said that we vigorously investigate and deal with corruption cases, and insist on fighting "tigers" and "flies" together, that is, to comply with the people's demands, there is no power struggle, there is no "house of cards". Xi Jinping, a good storyteller, skillfully answered sensitive questions using American cultural symbols, winning widespread praise from the audience and the American media. The metaphor of "there is no 'house of cards'" interprets the firm stance of the Communist Party of China in fighting corruption.