Chinese Raise Outcry Over Local Officials' Perpetual Corruption
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BEIJING, June 21 -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Some 21 billion yuan (2.5 billion dollars) has been returned to the national treasury after China's top audit body found rampant corruption in Communist Party and government departments.
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Illegal local government construction destroying China's forests   BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) has blasted local authorities and private companies for flaunting the law by chopping down forests to make way for new transport links.
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BEIJING -- A Communist Party whistle-blower who publicly accused his superiors of tolerating official corruption has been condemned for breaking party rules and ordered to &quot;do a complete self-examination,&quot; authorities announced.
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About 4,000 corrupt Chinese officials have fled abroad in the past two decades, taking with them ill-gotten funds totaling more than &#36;600 million.
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China questions efforts to tackle currency manipulation, saying poorer countries must be treated fairly.
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Demands for bribes from police and other public officials is a major problem across the developing world and even EU countries like the Czech Republic and Greece are major offenders, a corruption watchdog said on Thursday.
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Chinese who have grievances against local officials often take a course that is an age-old tradition in China: They shangfang, or travel to the capital for an audience with higher authorities.
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ChinaÂs richest commercial city has come under investigation by the central government for a huge pension fraud scheme.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Falls over on first day A new Chinese government website aimed at encouraging comrades to report corruption was brought to its knees yesterday by a stampede of eager citizens, Reuters reports.â¦
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China steps up the fight against corruption, announcing plans for a new agency to spearhead efforts.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Official Urges Legislature To Hold Governments Accountable for Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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The beating of a leader of a budding movement to uphold motoristsâ rights in the face of police corruption has prompted an outcry.
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China's state sports system certainly has its critics but many of those who have benefited from it are convinced it remains the secret of their country's sporting success.
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China is targeting high-rolling  government officials and executives at state-owned companies in  a "relentless strike" against gambling, Xinhua news agency  said.
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China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal.