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China: Former Official Sentenced to Death in $325 Million Bribery Case (www.occrp.org)

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A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official to death for accepting more than 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) in bribes over a 30-year period, according to a statement from the Changzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And we have Trump with his bribery air force one plane, bragging about insider trades, and corporate bribe donations for tax cuts. 🙄

[–] edgarde@kbin.earth 2 points 3 weeks ago

Trump has no problem calling his political opponents "corrupt". Xi is playing the same game.