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Corruption in China
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The Chinese leadership’s advocacy for measures to support and spur growth in the private sector economy intensified in 2023, but the protection of private firms’ assets and rights remain a concern.

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Setting up a special bureau to look over business owners’ shoulders misses the mark. Beijing needs to stop harassing private firms, rethink its anti-corruption drive and trim the bureaucracy – nothing short of a mind-set change.

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  • Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’, which is widely understood to mean corruption
  • Liu worked with Tang Yijun, China’s justice minister from 2020 to 2023, who was also placed under investigation this month
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Yang Xiaoming has lost his post as NPC deputy over alleged ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, NPC Standing Committee says, as China cracks down on corruption in the healthcare sector.

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Dong Yunhu, who was once responsible for spreading China’s official position on human rights, is accused of corruption stretching back to 1999.

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He also encourages young and middle-aged cadres to be innovative and free from corruption as Communist Party officials face growing pressure from anti-graft campaign and economic slowdown.

Li, former nuclear fuel director at China National Nuclear Corporation, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, ruling Communist Party’s top corruption watchdog says on website.

Wang Xiaojun, who will be removed from country’s top advisory body, led development of Long March 7 rockets used to resupply Tiangong space station and launch satellites

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Ex-Chinese Football Association boss Chen Xuyuan made the admission in a documentary aired on state television that also featured former national team boss and Li Tie.

Second episode of a four-part documentary series by state broadcaster CCTV focuses on corruption in China, including food security in Heilongjiang province, with 1,011 cases filed and 1,367 officials disciplined.

CCTV documentary featuring former Guizhou official who left a city at risk of default suggests that the country’s graft watchdog will target the misuse of public funds this year.

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‘Significant damage’ inflicted through fraudulent loans, misappropriated repayments and the siphoning of bank funds to other accounts, court says.

Court finds Sheng Guangzu, who retired in 2016 after overseeing the railway ministry’s transition to China Railway Corporation, guilty of taking bribes totalling 63.8 million yuan (US$8.9 million).