Sunday, October 23, 2016

Corruption in China: Crocodile meat, jade, piles of cash...

Feasts of crocodile tail. Pricey liquor by the bucketful. A nanny employed just to take care of pets. Bundles of jade bracelets worth millions. A free trip to the World Cup in Brazil.

Titillating scenes from “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”? Not quite. They are highlights from a new Chinese television series about official corruption and loose living that is best described as “Lifestyles of the Venal and Disgraced.”

The documentary series, actually titled “Always on the Road,” has been shown on state television this week to emphasize that President Xi Jinping is serious about wiping out graft. Some of China’s most notorious fallen officials are shown repenting on camera, warning of the misery that comes from dirty wealth and imprisonment.

“I became possessed and lost my head,” says Bai Enpei, a former Communist Party secretary of Yunnan Province, in southwest China, who was given a death sentence with a reprieve for taking bribes of nearly $38 million. “I lost my ideals and had no higher aspirations, and I violated a bottom line of humanity.” Full story...

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