A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years.
"When it happened" spans many incidences over many years, so I imagine giving an exact figure of today's equivalent would be quite difficult & tedious.
This happens more in China than people realize.
Especially in the last year when there was a power struggle between Xi fraction and Hu Jintao fraction.
13 Comments
DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 49d
Trump dodged a bullet by being American
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 18 pts · 49d
So 324999999 is the limit
Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
325 mil? Is that yen to dollars when it happened or today?
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 49d
First sentence of the article:
"When it happened" spans many incidences over many years, so I imagine giving an exact figure of today's equivalent would be quite difficult & tedious.
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 49d
You mean Yuan, Yen is Japanese.
Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 49d
Of course I knew. I guess I can translate yen to yaun. Legh to laugh. I know what I'm doing
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 49d
Western politicians are much cheaper
Quokka@quokk.au · 15 pts · 49d
So who in the party did he piss off? Seems to be you’re fine to be corrupt unless someone above you wants you gone.
j5y7@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 49d
The one he didn't bribe.
MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 49d
Is this why politicians/corporations want us to hate communist China?
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 48d
Yeah. They give child molesters the death penalty too. Our elites are probably terrified of having to live in China
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 49d
This happens more in China than people realize. Especially in the last year when there was a power struggle between Xi fraction and Hu Jintao fraction.
brb@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 48d
waow