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Former China Unicom chairman and current China Telecom chairman Chang Xiaobing attends a news conference in Hong Kong on Feb. 27, 2014Bobby Yip鈥擱eutersBy Joanna PlucinskaDecember 27, 2015 10:58 PM ESTThe chairman of the state-owned China Telecom is being investigated for a 8220 uspecte stanley cup d of serious violation of discipline mdash; a coded phrase implying corruption mdash; the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China main antigraft monitor, said Sunday.Chinese media outlets reported Chang Xiaobing as missing on Sunday, according to Reuters.The Hong Kongndash;based newspaper South China Morning Post said Chang was being investigated for alleged graft when he was t stanley cup he chairman of another state-owned telecommunications enterprise, China Unicom, which he left in August to take over China Telecom.Chang declared earnings of less than $1,200 per month after tax at China National Peoplersquo Congress in March, according to the Post.China has renewed efforts to crack down on corruption among state-run companies since November of 2014.According to Reuters, over 70 high-profile officials have been investigated since the new round of probes was started. Most recently, the so-called Warren Buffett of China, Fosun International head Guo Guangchang, was also the subject of what was thought to be a corruption investigation.[SCMP]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOu stanley cup r Guide to Gyub Every Mother s Day Freebie and Deal You Could Possibly Want
The late afternoon sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol and the Peace Monument as dark skies recede following blustery weather, Feb. 21, 2014, in Washington.J. Scott Applewhitemdas yeezy h;APBy Maya RhodanMarch 11, 2014 7:25 PM EDTIt long been conventional wisdom that to get the attention of a member of Congress, you have to open your wallet. Now, a pair of graduate students claim to have proof that donors really do get preferential treatment from lawmakers.An experiment conducted by political sci adidas samba ence graduate students Joshua Kalla of Yale University and David Broockman of the University of California at Berkeley, in partnership with the liberal political organization CREDO Action, provides limited scientific evidence to support the assumption that members of Congress provide preferential treatment to donors.This ar salomon ea has long been a province of anecdotes, said Broockman. But itrsquo also one of the number one things Americans say they are worried about.In the experiment, CREDO Action requested meetings with 191 Congressional members to talk about a pending bill. Though all of the requests were on behalf of CREDO members who had made political donations, the organization randomly selected whether to tell the elected official that they were meeting with donors or ordinary constituents.A total of 86 congressional offices agreed to meetings. Senior staffers, such as chiefs of staff or deputy chiefs of staff, showed up to meet identified donors at 19% |
