From the Washington Post: “Chinese authorities have arrested or reprimanded more than 750 officials in recent months in connection with billions of dollars in financial irregularities, including unpaid taxes and embezzlement, according to a report made public Thursday.
The crackdown grew out of a broadening government campaign to audit county, city, provincial and ministerial officials to counteract what the senior leadership acknowledges as rampant corruption. The auditing program is scheduled to expand next year to include military officers and Communist Party officials, the government announced, but it remains unclear how high into the secretive ruling bureaucracy such investigations will go. ”
