{"id":27281,"date":"2008-11-02T03:09:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T10:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=27281"},"modified":"2008-11-02T03:09:32","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T10:09:32","slug":"city-image-building-lines-official-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/11\/city-image-building-lines-official-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"City Image Building Lines Official Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/english.caijing.com.cn\/2008-10-30\/110024617.html\">Caijing Magazine<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An imposing government building in one of the least developed cities in Hunan Province stands as a visible reminder of extravagant overspending by more than a dozen local officials nabbed in a corruption scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called \u201cwhite house\u201d of Loudi, a six-story edifice with a grand dome, is at the center of court hearings that recently got under way. <\/p>\n<p>The Loudi story also points to widespread problems tied to \u201cimage\u201d construction projects by local governments across China \u2013 an issue that the country\u2019s central authorities have tried to control since 2007.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Caijing Magazine: An imposing government building in one of the least developed cities in Hunan Province stands as a visible reminder of extravagant overspending by more than a dozen local officials nabbed in a corruption scandal. 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