Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

习近平任后9名省部高官被查 反腐力度30年最大 (Nine provincial/ministerial level officials investigated since Xi takes power)
China News Service, September 4, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-04/140528130778.shtml

Related:
China graft fight goes higher, gets more political
Agence France-Presse, September 3, 2013
http://bit.ly/176vNlY

Chinese officials banned from buying mooncakes
The Telegraph, September 3, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10283604/Chinese-officials-banned-from-buying-mooncakes.html

See official notice:
中共中央纪委等要求坚决刹住 中秋国庆期间公款送礼等不正之风 (CPC disciplinary commission bans officials from using public funds to buy moon cakes as gifts during Mid-Autumn festival and National Day)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, September 3, 2013
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201309/t20130903_9578.html