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The data received by The Epoch Times indicated that over 7,101 corrupt officials have fled to the United States together bringing over 336 billion yuan (US$52.7 billion).
The Chinese regime raised the retirement age in China a month ago, despite the public’s strong opposition, in order to protect government interests.
The scandal is ongoing as the Party approaches a once-in-a-decade transfer of power in its top power apparatus, the Politburo Standing Committee.
Lacking the legitimacy to rule conferred by elections and institutions like the rule of law, the Chinese communists must rely on an extralegal system of perks and benefits—also known as corruption.
Since Chongqing’s former deputy mayor Wang Lijun fled to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, there has been an uneven double movement within the Chinese Communist Party as long-standing power arrangements are dismantled and steps toward a new direction for the Chinese regime are taken.
A group of high school students in the southeast Chinese province of Guangdong were attacked by metal pipe-wielding thugs.
Some Beijing insiders consider Ling’s potential seat on the Standing Committee to be a “dark secret” of the CCP’s 18th National Congress.
