Corrupt Chinese Officials Are Now Making Up Their Educational Backgrounds

Corrupt Chinese Officials Are Now Making Up Their Educational Backgrounds
Students from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology singing during their graduation ceremony in a sports stadium in Wuhan City, in China's central Hubei province, on June 20, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Annie Wu
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Chinese officials are known for cheating their way into amassing wealth, but now they’ve been exposed for another kind of deception—faking their academic credentials.
A state-published magazine called “Half-Month Talk” published an article on Jan. 26 detailing how 142 high-level officials who have been purged for corruption since the last Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership transition were found to have faked their academic backgrounds.
Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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