Xu Zongheng has become China’s latest media spectacle in the PRC’s efforts to stamp out corruption. The former mayor of Shenzhen was stripped of his post last week and placed under investigative detention on suspicion of “serious disciplinary offenses” involving his connections with GOME founder, Huang Guangyu, who was arrested earlier this year on charges [...]

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Thanks to Casper for bringing this Al Jazeera report and video on “black jails” to my attention. Further evidence that, in China’s dealings with corruption, everyone loses out.

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