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In Depth: When Is a Bribe Not a Bribe?

By Xiao Hui and Guo Xin
2025年07月25日 18:05
As China’s anti-graft drive ensnares ever more officials, legal scholars are debating how to handle cases in which a bribe is agreed, but never paid
As China’s anti-graft drive ensnares ever more officials, legal scholars are debating how to handle cases in which a bribe is agreed, but never paid. Photo: AI generated

Zhang Tong was always on the fast track.

He graduated from college at just 19 and rose quickly through the official ranks in Jiangsu province, ending up vice mayor of a major city.

His fall was just as rapid though, and at 55 he was handed a 14-year prison sentence for bribery.

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