Friday, August 09, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

审计署:57.99亿保障性安居工程专项资金被挪用 (National Audit Office: RMB 5.8 billion embezzled from government housing projects)
China News Net, August 8, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130809/u1a7581764.html

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Nearly 6b yuan stolen from China low-cost housing programme
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295517/nearly-6b-yuan-stolen-china-low-cost-housing-programme

79家医院503位医生被指受贿 爆料人或曾为药企高层 (French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi bribes 503 Chinese doctors in 79 hospitals)
Beijing Morning Post, August 9, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130809/u1a7582521.html

China fires senior planning official for alleged corruption after reporter first accuses him
Associated Press, August 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/senior-chinese-planning-official-fired-expelled-from-party-over-corruption-allegations/2013/08/08/a88be272-0014-11e3-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html

多地政府机关巨资租房办公 内部食堂变豪华饭店 (Local governments circumvent regulations, pay huge sums to rent luxurious offices)
Economic Information Daily, August 9, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0809/c1001-22498789.html

全国缴存公共维修基金万亿 使用率不足百分之一 (More than one trillion "public maintenance fees" collected, less than 1% used)
CCTV, August
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0809/c1001-22501959.html