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Wife of China’s fallen minister used shadow firms to wash dirty money, big data shows

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Wife of China’s fallen minister used shadow firms to wash dirty money, big data shows

China’s corruption inspectors used big data to identify dozens of companies controlled by the wife of a disgraced top minister and used to launder bribes, the latest state documentary on the 12-year clean-up drive has revealed. According to the latest episode of an anti-corruption series aired by national broadcaster CCTV on Tuesday, 34 companies controlled … Read more

“Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously

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“Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously

The sweetness of historical vindication pervades “Winner,” Susanna Fogel’s bio-pic about Reality Winner, who, in 2018, pleaded guilty to retaining and transmitting national-defense information to the media, while employed by a military contractor working for the N.S.A. Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to … Read more