• Corrupt officials in China turns to black pr
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[QUOTE=The Telegraph] [...] Dozens of Chinese officials have been put under investigation in recent months, and Communist Party members at every level are genuinely worried, according to the children of two senior cadres. In particular, they fear the internet, where stories about corrupt officials often go viral, putting pressure on the Communist party to launch a high-profile investigation. In 42 per cent of this year's corruption cases, the public has provided a tip-off, often on the web, said Zhang Shaolong, an official at the Party's discipline unit. [...] A quick search showed at least 30 companies have sprung up to offer government officials, shady businessmen and scandal-hit celebrities the chance to wipe their slates clean. "We recently helped the head of a police bureau in Jieyang, Guangdong, delete a set of stories from the web, but I cannot tell you exactly who it was," said a representative of one black PR firm that sells its services on Taobao, an online marketplace, under the title Geshigoufang. "We can clean your name from blogs, forums, news websites, Weibo [China's version of Twitter], everything," he added. "It costs 13,000 yuan (£1,200) to have a story deleted from the People's Daily website or from Xinhua," he added. [...] [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10081431/Corrupt-Chinese-officials-turn-to-black-PR.html"]Source[/URL] [URL="http://www.smh.com.au/world/black-pr-in-china-buys-internet-invisibility-20130527-2n6qb.html"]es[/URL]
Good riddance, except I think they execute people in China for corruption. I mean good riddance in terms of getting caught, not good riddance in terms of ridding yourself of evidence
[quote]Communist Party members at every level are genuinely worried, according to the children of two senior cadres. In particular, they fear the internet, where stories about corrupt officials often go viral, putting pressure on the Communist party to launch a high-profile investigation.[/quote] "Oh no they're making us check for corruption, damn internets."
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