Monthly Archives: December 2010

China’s new white paper on corruption

Obviously things are still bad, yet there are also improvements according to the report (http://www.china.org.cn/government/whitepaper/node_7108233.htm) The report argues that ordinary Chinese people, from 2003 through 2010, have become increasingly positive toward the governments efforts to combat corruption and embezzlements. Up … Continue reading

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The Qian Yunhui case and China’s citizen investigators

China’s citizen journalists and citizen investigation teams are mobilizing again. This time they are engaged in the unfolding Qian Yuanhui case (for details in English about see this NY Times report, www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/asia/29china.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=wenzhou&st=cse) On the morning of 25 December Qian Yunhui, aged … Continue reading

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