Category Archives: Corruption 腐败

Corruption and its prosecution in China

2022: Political Jokes in the People’s Republic of China

Posted on 09/02/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Political joke fans may want to look at other collections of political jokes on this translation blog as well: You may enjoy also the article “How Chinese Citizens Use Puns to Pet Past Censors” by Meaghan Tobin and Katherine Lee. … Continue reading →

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2022: PRC Minister Xiao Yiqing Under Investigation

Posted on 07/28/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Wikipedia MIIT note: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People’s Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireless, broadcasting, communications, production of electronic and … Continue reading →

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2022: Improve Party Supervision by Political Ecology Research

Posted on 06/03/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The size and reach of the Chinese Communist Party’s discipline and inspection organs at various levels has increased during the decade of Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s leadership. At the top is the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection . Not … Continue reading →

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Chinese Political Rumors, Party Redoubles Squelch Efforts

Posted on 05/16/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Controlling information is tightly controlled through intimidation and explicit controls saps government credibility and makes rumors spread more readily in turn creating ever more work for busy censors. For understanding PRC media control, read He Qinglian’s book — a free … Continue reading →

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2022: Model Prosecutor on Shanghai Securities Market Manipulation

Posted on 02/14/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt @jcmittelstaedt of Oxford University’s China Centre recommended this article on securities fraud in the February 14, 2022 issue of Procuratorate Daily 检查日报 by seasoned Shanghai prosector Ma Weiwei. When I looked up the author Ma Weiwei, I … Continue reading →

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Criticisms Censored: Netziens Ridicule Anti-Corruption Team Criticism of Young Heterosexual Cadres

Posted on 01/14/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

PHOENIX｜Central Inspection Team Deputy-Minister Grade Cadre Wrote: Young cadres Should Reduce Heterosexual Interactions 12/27/2021 [Found on PRC Weibo social media by China Digital Times CDT Editor’s Note: The following content was originally published by Phoenix on its website and microblog. … Continue reading →

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Fiction Award Prize Joke Reflects Local ‘Little Big Brother’ Corruption

Posted on 08/22/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

China has a micro-fiction prize. This must have been the inspiration for the joke below. It is circulating online in the PRC. Imperial China had a rule of avoidance — officials were not allowed to be the top leader in … Continue reading →

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1997: PRC Anti-Corruption Novel “The Wrath of God”: Insights into Official Corruption

Posted on 03/25/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I lived in Beijing from 1996 to 2001.  One of the better books I read during those days was Cheng Fang’s Tiannu [The Wrath of God available online at 天怒 ] a banned novel based on a Beijing Municipality corruption … Continue reading →

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Trans-provincial Bribery? High Officials Help Out Their Old Hometowns 官员偏爱籍贯地的机制研究

Posted on 09/03/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Mysterious action at a distance — how is it that the hometowns of high officials have extraordinarily good economic performance when that official is far away and supposedly not in a position to help out? I came across this article … Continue reading →

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2014: Faster Pace of China Corruption Prosecutions New Normal With Increase of Anti-Corruption Case Capacity

Posted on 09/09/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Ramping up the numbers of offices prosecuting cases at the CPC Central Committee’s Discipline and Inspection Commission suggests a permanent increase in capacity to handle cases. “Xie Guanghui, Deputy Director of the Honest in Government Theoretical Research Office revealed that … Continue reading →

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