The Party in China makes noises about fighting corruption
The Chinese Communist Party regularly says it's going to make greater efforts to fight corruption. Whether those prosecuted are the guilty or the politically incautious is an open question.CPC pushes Party leaders to report family information to stem corruption
Communist Party of China (CPC)... pledged to strengthen its anti-corruption efforts by further implementing the Party officials' family reporting regulation.
Party organs at all levels should carefully administer the family reporting regulation to prevent officials from abusing power, taking bribes and participating in other illegal activities, according to a communique issued by the fifth plenary session of the CPC's 17th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
The CPC promulgated the family reporting regulation in 2006, by which Party officials are obliged to report information such as employment conditions of their spouses and children, real estate and investment...
CPC flexes muscles to combat corruption in "arduous" mission
China was flexing its muscles to fight corruption which was still an "persistent, complicated and arduous" task, said an expert as the internal anti-graft body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its three-day plenary session.
President Hu Jintao told the meeting of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) that the Party should "fully recognize the situation of the fight against corruption," which was "persistent, complicated and arduous."...
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China jails senior judge for life over corruption
"A Chinese court has sentenced a former Supreme Court judge to life in prison for taking bribes and other corruption charges, state-run media have reported.
"Huang Songyou is the most senior judge to have been convicted in China on such charges, Chinese media have said.
"He was convicted of accepting 3.9m yuan ($570,000; £348,000) in bribes while he was deputy head of the Supreme Court.
"He has been thrown out of the Communist Party and will not be allowed to hold public office again.
"Huang was also convicted of embezzling 1.2m yuan in government funds in 1997 when he was president of a lower-level court in the southern province of Guangdong...
"China has launched an anti-corruption drive, targeting top officials - but Huang, 52, is the most senior judicial figure to fall since the Communist Party took power in 1949, a Supreme Court official told Xinhua..."
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