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                China Investigating Nanjing Mayor for Corruption

   by VOA News

   The mayor of the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing is the latest target
   in the Communist Party's high-profile crackdown on official corruption.
   A party statement released on Thursday said Ji Jianye is under
   investigation for severe violations of discipline and law, which
   usually refers to graft.
   The statement did not offer further details, but the People's Daily,
   the party's official mouthpiece, said the case may involve sums of
   money up to $3.3 million.
   Several low-level officials and a handful of more senior leaders have
   been taken down in the anti-graft drive by President Xi Jinping.
   Such investigations against government officials usually last several
   months. In almost every case, they end with the accused being found
   guilty.
   President Xi has warned that failure to deal with widespread corruption
   within party ranks could bring the end of the party's grip on power.
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