Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...The PBoC has also been subject to a years-long anti-corruption crackdown. Fan Yifei, a former vice-governor, was removed from office last year after being investigated for corruption....
...Vietnam has in recent years emerged as a top destination for companies looking to diversify manufacturing away from China due to rising tensions between Washington and Beijing....
...Chinese anti-corruption authorities are investigating a senior executive at one of the country’s top military equipment suppliers, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, in a new sign of turmoil...
...China has warned large swaths of its business world, state sector and ruling Communist party that they face an intensified anti-corruption campaign as President Xi Jinping expands his hallmark crackdown...
...But experts on the Chinese military said that leaders had unwound that structure as a result of an incident last year in which a Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down by the US, as well as corruption...
...Lan’s trial comes at a time when Vietnam has emerged as a preferred destination for manufacturers looking to diversify beyond China amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing....
...Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said he’s considering quitting in response to corruption allegations against his wife, and will announce whether to end his almost six-year-long premiership next...
...Ahead of important European elections, our fellow citizens have a right to know which MEPs are acting out of conviction and which are giving in to corruption or even aiding foreign interference.”...
...He joined Trafigura in 2001 as head of metals, just as commodity demand in China soared....
...Vietnam has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of manufacturers seeking to diversify their supply chains beyond China as geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing rise....
...But Li disappeared from sight shortly after returning to China and was ousted in October in connection with a corruption probe....
...“Anti-corruption campaigns in China are always propaganda campaigns,” he said....
...But much of it lies with the inherent tendency towards corruption of a market economy dependent on administrative discretion....
...Dong’s appointment comes as President Xi Jinping tightens control over the China’s armed forces amid a widening crackdown on alleged corruption among senior government officials....
...The political uncertainty comes at a time when Vietnam is attracting record foreign investment as it benefits from a global push by manufacturers to diversify away from China because of growing tensions...
...However, the corruption crackdown has dented some of its appeal....
...How much graft is there in China’s vast bureaucracy? Quite a lot, and it rises with seniority, even though Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown seems to have moderated things....
...Before leading the CSRC, he was the chair of the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, whose past executives have been targeted in widespread corruption probes....
...Such public announcements in China of official dismissals have in the past preceded detentions and investigations relating to corruption....
...He helped steer the country through the Asian financial crisis as deputy prime minister, but was jailed twice by his mentor-turned-rival Mahathir Mohamad on politically motivated corruption and sodomy charges...
...Beijing has told Communist party cadres to stay away from private equity as President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive intensifies....
...’s missile arm, which has been rocked by an anti-corruption crackdown that resulted in the ousting of its entire leadership and the defence minister....
...But as Indonesia heads to a crucial national election early next year, corruption and vested interests remain a major deterrent to business and investment....
...The strategic emerging industry appeared to be a textbook cautionary tale of waste, corruption, overcapacity, vicious price wars and low profitability....
...Two former executives at London Mining and a consultant have entered not guilty pleas to corruption charges relating to the now-collapsed miner’s business in Sierra Leone, seven years after the UK probe...
International Edition