You see, if China "observers" were a little bit more observant and intelligent, they would understand that Xi Jinping is profoundly changing how "it works". The most far-reaching and profound change in the 19th Party Congress wasn't the abolition of presidential term limits (a ceremonial office in any case); it was the establishing of the National Supervisory Commission, an organ with broader powers of detention and interrogation of non-Party members.
The corrupt scum and those who succor them are in for a very rude surprise. Not even death can save them from the law.