Category Archives: Crime and Corruption

Questions for an editor

Posted on 2012-06-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. Let us know … Continue reading →

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Fake invoice firm gets busted in Zhejiang province

Posted on 2012-06-12 by Allison Carol Goldman

Today the Nanhu Evening News features the headline: “The largest underground tax-evasion scheme in the history of Jiaxing gets busted.” The story details how a firm was recently caught specializing in producing fake tax invoices (fapiao 发票) to aid in tax evasion and … Continue reading →

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‘This world is not Paradise – the death of Lin Jun’ — 1510 Digest

Posted on 2012-06-08 by Julien Leyre

This 1510 Digest is the first of a new weekly roundup of recent articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn. ’1510′ （yi wu yi shi 一五一十） is a Chinese idiom which means ‘to tell things objectively and honestly’. The site was founded by Phoenix … Continue reading →

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Cannibal serial killer arrested in Yunnan

Posted on 2012-05-26 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

Yesterday AFP reported that ‘Police have detained a man suspected of murdering more than a dozen boys and young men, chopping up their bodies and selling the flesh to unsuspecting consumers’. There had previously been a trickle of reports about … Continue reading →

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17 young people disappear in Yunnan, police fear a serial killer

Posted on 2012-05-24 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Chonqing Economic Times is a newspaper under the Chongqing Daily Press Group with a circulation of around 630,000 copies per day. Today the front page announces a new round of economic stimuli to promote stable growth in China. According to the … Continue reading →

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Businesswoman Wu Ying gets 2-year reprieve on death penalty

Posted on 2012-05-22 by Allison Carol Goldman

The China Youth Daily is a commercial daily run by the Communist Youth League. The front page today features a story on Wu Ying, the 31-year-old Zhejiang-based entrepreneur who was sentenced to death in 2009 for illegal fundraising, and cheating investors out … Continue reading →

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China’s hospitals up security in the face of rising patient-to-doctor violence

Posted on 2012-05-14 by Allison Carol Goldman

The China Youth Daily is a commercial daily run by the Communist Youth League. On the right hand side of today’s front page is a tiny headline: “how to restore the harmonious doctor-patient relationship,” along with a thumbnail picture of a medical … Continue reading →

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Hospital appointment scalpers will face consequences

Posted on 2012-05-02 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of the Beijing Morning Post today features the headline, “Hospital appointment scalpers will face the consequences.” Chinese hospitals require patients to wait in line to make am appointment. The scalpers wait in line, make appointments and then sell them … Continue reading →

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‘Wizard arrested for raping Buddhist’

Posted on 2012-04-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The top front page headline of Beijing Evening News today concerns tightening of food safety regulations. The photo shows soccer boss Nan Yong being led away ‘wearing prisoner uniform number 087′. Nan was director of the Chinese Football Administrative Center when the … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily lists recent Internet rumors considered crimes

Posted on 2012-04-16 by Danwei

The front page of today’s People’s Daily features the article, “Internet rumors harm people and harm our society. The public must not believe or transmit rumors.” Unlike most of the state media reports on Internet rumors, this one actually lists ten cases … Continue reading →

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