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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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The UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), ratified in 2005, endorsed the post-colonial idea of independent anti-corruption agencies as a best practice to fight graft at the country level. Today, around 60 countries have at least one independent anti-corruption agency.… Continue Reading
China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (the CCDI) recently released a new anti-bribery Guideline that sets out the Chinese Government’s desire to crack down on individuals and corporates committing bribery in China. … Continue Reading
Having recently toughened up its anti-bribery laws, China is now aiming to expand its oversight of corruption in the public sector, possibly leading to increased enforcement efforts against both domestic and foreign companies.… Continue Reading
With the recent downfall of two more high-level government officials from Beijing and Shanghai, China’s anti-corruption campaign rolled on in 2015. Here are some highlights from the past year.
The crackdown on corrupt high-level government officials spread to all 31 provinces and municipalities directly under the central government.… Continue Reading
China President Xi JinpingThe Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party announced at midnight on October 7 on its website that the governor of Fujian Province, Su Shulin, was under investigation for alleged corruption.… Continue Reading
FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd, a joint venture of China’s state carmaker FAW Group Corp and Volkswagen AG, has stopped delaing with 19 public relations firms and advertising agencies in the wake of massive corruption uncovered at the group.… Continue Reading
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said Tuesday that former security chief Zhou Yongkang is being investigated for suspected “serious disciplinary violations.”
The investigation will be conducted by the Communist Party’s watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xinhua said.… Continue Reading
The inspection unit of China’s Communist Party published an article this week that “appeared to argue fiction is fact” on the television drama House of Cards, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.… Continue Reading
Xu Minjie, the former deputy general manager of China’s state-owned shipping giant China Ocean Shipping Group Co. (COSCO), has been expelled from the communist party while awaiting corruption charges, in a sign that China’s anti-graft campaign has spread into the shipping industry.… Continue Reading
Song Lin, the chairman of state-controlled China Resources, was fired Sunday for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law violations.”
China’s Xinhua news agency said Song, 51, was dismissed from his post as chairman and party boss of China Resources Holdings, the parent group of five Hong Kong-listed companies.… Continue Reading
The communist party’s anti-corruption watchdog – the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – has vowed, once again, to hunt corrupt officials who flee the country and to scrutinize “naked officials” in a drive to crack down on top-level corruption.… Continue Reading
The Communist Party is considering scaling back its problematic shuanggui system, a move which will improve its standing among human rights groups. Anti-corruption experts met with the country’s top prosecutors immediately after the Third Plenum meetings earlier this month to discuss reforms to the contentious system.… Continue Reading
