{"id":159292,"date":"2013-07-08T21:23:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T04:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=159292"},"modified":"2013-07-08T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T04:23:40","slug":"bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former railways minister Liu Zhijun received a suspended death sentence on Monday<\/a> for accepting bribes of almost 65 million yuan, though the true total of his ill-gotten gains is reportedly closer to a billion yuan<\/a> in cash, shares, vehicles and real estate. But according to a purported catalog of bribes paid in Yinchuan, Ningxia<\/strong><\/a>, most officials come rather cheaper. From Rachel Lu at Tea Leaf Nation: <\/p>\n

\n

The list is organized by the agency of the recipients, encompassing everything from city government, tax bureau, land bureau, police station to \u201csports bureau.\u201d The amounts range from RMB1,000 [about $163] to RMB3,000, mostly in the form of gift cards. This user-friendly list also states the purpose of some of the gifts. For example, a RMB1,000 gift card to Director Jin of the religious affairs bureau is for the sake of obtaining a \u201chalal food license.\u201d<\/p>\n

The list has caused a splash online, where it was retweeted more than 1,800 times. Most netizens were shocked not by the apparent existence of such outright bribery, but by the meager amounts of the gifts. Many asked if a few zeros were missing. @\u5f6d\u4e16\u4f73 tweeted, \u201cSuch cheapstakes. Only RMB2,000 to the secretary of the mayor? What can they get anything done?\u771f\u62a0\uff0c\u5e02\u957f\u79d8\u4e66\u624d\u7ed92000\uff0c\u80fd\u529e\u6210\u4e8b\u963f\uff1f\u201d [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For lower-level officials, these sums might nevertheless be all too tempting. A young deputy township head in Sichuan recently announced his resignation in an open letter, saying that among other issues, his official salary was too low for him to provide for his son’s basic needs without help from his own parents<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former railways minister Liu Zhijun received a suspended death sentence on Monday for accepting bribes of almost 65 million yuan, though the true total of his ill-gotten gains is reportedly closer to a billion yuan in cash, shares, vehicles and real estate. But according to a purported catalog of bribes paid in Yinchuan, Ningxia, most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":962,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,14744,14745,14746,100,5],"tags":[1836,7506,7523,2788],"class_list":["post-159292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-politics","category-society","tag-bribery","tag-government-corruption","tag-local-officials","tag-ningxia","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nBribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former railways minister Liu Zhijun received a suspended death sentence on Monday for accepting bribes of almost 65 million yuan, though the true total of his ill-gotten gains is reportedly closer to a billion yuan in cash, shares, vehicles and real estate. But according to a purported catalog of bribes paid in Yinchuan, Ningxia, most […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samuel Wade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samuel Wade\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samuel Wade\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4b33a6e88a49d3a6787f02f798de0d8e\"},\"headline\":\"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\"},\"wordCount\":257,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bribery\",\"government corruption\",\"local officials\",\"Ningxia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Law\",\"Level 2 Article\",\"Level 3 Article\",\"Level 4 Article\",\"Politics\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\",\"name\":\"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4b33a6e88a49d3a6787f02f798de0d8e\",\"name\":\"Samuel Wade\",\"description\":\"Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/samuelwa.de\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/samuelwade\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable","og_description":"Former railways minister Liu Zhijun received a suspended death sentence on Monday for accepting bribes of almost 65 million yuan, though the true total of his ill-gotten gains is reportedly closer to a billion yuan in cash, shares, vehicles and real estate. But according to a purported catalog of bribes paid in Yinchuan, Ningxia, most […]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":186,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Samuel Wade","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samuel Wade","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/"},"author":{"name":"Samuel Wade","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4b33a6e88a49d3a6787f02f798de0d8e"},"headline":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable","datePublished":"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/"},"wordCount":257,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"keywords":["bribery","government corruption","local officials","Ningxia"],"articleSection":["Law","Level 2 Article","Level 3 Article","Level 4 Article","Politics","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/","name":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-09T04:23:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/bribing-officials-surprisingly-affordable\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bribing Officials Surprisingly Affordable"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4b33a6e88a49d3a6787f02f798de0d8e","name":"Samuel Wade","description":"Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.","sameAs":["http:\/\/samuelwa.de"],"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/samuelwade\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}