China’s corruption busters shame city boss for wasting US$21 billion on vanity projects that failed and ran up heavy debts

He was placed under investigation in March 2023 and stripped of his party membership and official positions in November 2023 by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top corruption agency. The commission, the country’s top anti-corruption body, attacked him for “showing off” with overambitious projects that wasted public money and caused severe environmental … Read more