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Posts Tagged: China Central Television

Prostitution crackdown in China’s ‘Sin City’ exposes graft

Image courtesy of CCTVAuthorities are clamping down on corrupt police officers offering protection to sex workers in southern China’s “sin city” of Dongguan.

The crackdown, triggered by an investigative report aired on China Central Television (CCTV), “may have been an orchestrated effort involving China’s central government, state media and Guangdong Communist Party chief Hu Chunhua, and could be a preview to a second round of anti-graft sweeps across the country.”… Continue Reading

Auto news from China

Image courtesy of http://www.vw.com.cnState mouthpiece People’s Daily recently announced a marked decline in government officials’ wanderlust following the installation of GPS devices in their vehicles.
 
On average, officials in Guangzhou (Guangdong Province) drove about 27 percent less once they knew they were being tracked, resulting in potential savings of $805 per vehicle per month, the newspaper said.… Continue Reading