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Nanyang outlaws “eating and drinking big”

The city government of Nanyang (南阳), Henan province, is taking corruption and extravagance very seriously. The front page of the Nanyang Evening Post (南阳晚报) today proclaims in a very large headline: “Saying ‘no’ to tip of the tongue waste”. The phrase “on the tip … Continue reading

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Survey of China’s 24 most corrupt officials in 2012

2012 was the annus horribilis of the “trial by Weibo” of government officials, their public humiliation and ultimate sacking in disgrace. More than ever before, last year witnessed multiple cases where government officials were implicated in sex videos and other corruption … Continue reading

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Wastelands of Beijing

About 20 km outside Beijing, tourists sitting in tour buses from Beijing north-eastwards towards the Badaling section of the Great Wall can spot the apparent remains of a medieval castle some distance from the expressway. Its concrete spires rising above … Continue reading

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Taxpayers are not ATMs

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest presents three articles exploring questions of social justice from three different perspectives … Continue reading

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Corrupt Guangdong official gets 15 years in jail

The front page of the Guangzhou Daily today announces that Ni Junxiong, the former Bureau Chief of Public Security in Maoming city, Guangdong province, has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in jail. He will also be fined 3 … Continue reading

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

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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Opening the door to American universities with lies

There’s a growing perception that American universities are admitting Chinese students based on fraudulent applications. How big is this problem, and who is responsible for it? Tim Hathaway investigated the problem for the Southern Weekly, and this is what he found: … Continue reading

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China publishes its first anti-corruption white paper

Jiangjiang Evening News: The Chinese government just published its first white paper on the government’s anti-corruption efforts. The white paper, compiled by Information Office of the State Council, was billed to be a “thorough and systematic introduction to the basic situation of the Chinese government’s efforts to combat corruption and to be a clean government”.

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Commerce official Guo Jingyi convicted: fallout from Huang Guangyu

The fallout from the conviction of Huang Guangyu begins: a high ranking official from Ministry of Commerce is sentenced to death, with a two year reprieve.

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The Yushu earthquake on Chinese newspaper front pages

The earthquake of Yushu, Qinghai province that measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale and killed 618 people and counting dominates front pages today. Most of the newspapers showed victims being dragged out of the rubble.

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