Posted by Matt in July 4th, 2008 |
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Corruption: Kiss-and-tell stories expose Chinese corruption
Mistresses can damage officials’ careers as well as their marriages, anti-corruption investigators in China have warned.
Pillow talk which is passed on in interviews is offering crucial details of illicit dealings, according to the deputy director of the anti-corruption bureau in Dongguan, a major industrial city in the south.
“At least 80% [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2008 |
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This article seems like a bit much to believe. I haven’t seen anything that confirms it. The source for this article is the Epoch Times.
From the article:
An unnamed expert believes that a nuclear explosion caused the recent 8.0 magnitude Sichuan earthquake in China, where three weeks after the catastrophe the death toll has reached 69,000 [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 |
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Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. Reconstruction has started, even as the communist government attempts to feed and shelter about 5 million people left homeless by the massive disaster.
Shopkeepers who lost years of investment are plotting how to get their businesses running again. The government’s open response may [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 30th, 2008 |
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Thousands of Chinese children died in the Sichuan earthquake when poorly constructed schools collapsed on top of them. Now, grief-stricken parents are demanding a reckoning.
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Video: China earthquake: Angry parents protest collapse of China’s School
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Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 |
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The earthquake that devastated southwest China has left many dams badly damaged, posing an unknown threat of collapse and flooding made worse by poor management and information, the country’s water minister said.
In Sichuan and Chongqing, at least 17 reservoirs have been damaged, with some dams cracked or leaking water since the quake struck on Monday, [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 15th, 2008 |
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China’s Communist Party leaders now face another stern test: to show its citizens and the world that the government can cope with a horrific disaster. Keenly aware of the opprobrium heaped on Burma’s rulers for their callous and incompetent handling of the killer cyclone earlier this month, Beijing will want to demonstrate that it has [...]
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