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plan for a new anti-graft agency was put forward by the Works Cited
Party committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
(SPP) and was approved by the central authority. A vice- Armstrong, Rachel and Michael Flaherty. 2012. “CNOOC pledge
ministerial level, full-time member of the procuratorial small step for China transparency, skeptics abound.” Reuters. Accessed
committee will hold a concurrent post as head of the new December 11, 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-
anti-graft agency, Mr. Qiu added. According to Xinhua, investment-china-idUSBRE8B80FJ20121210.
China had established the anti-corruption bureau under
the SPP in 1995 but after almost 20 years of development, Asia Times. 2016. “China AIIB Chief: 30 More Nations Want to Join.”
the bureau has struggled to meet the demands for anti- Accessed December 2, 2016. http://www.atimes.com/article/china-
corruption work. Mr. Qiu promised that the new agency aiib-chief-30-more-nations-want-to-join/
will be “better organized and better able to help the SPP
handle major cases and break institutional obstacles” Bloomberg. 2014. “China Deflation Risk Deepens Signaling Room
(Ibid.). for Easing: Economy.” Last modified December 10, 2014. http://www.
bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-10/china-factory-gate-deflation-
In addition to tightened scrutiny from a new anti- deepens-as-consumer-prices-moderate.html
graft body, the anti-corruption drive continues unabated
as companies and public service groups supervised by Bo, Zhiyue. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Marches On.”
the Communist Party of China (CPC) and government The Diplomat. Last modified November 14, 2015. http://thediplomat.
departments will also face a new round of top-level com/2015/11/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-marches-on/
disciplinary inspections, Xinhua reported. Anti-graft
measures set by the CPC and disciplinary inspections Browne Andrew. 2012. “Eight Questions: James McGregor, ‘No
by superior authorities have played a great role in Ancient Wisdom, No Followers’.” China Real Time. Last modified
uncovering and correcting misconducts (Luan 2014). October 1, 2012. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/01/
eight-questions-james-mcgregor-no-ancient-wisdom-no-followers/
“Over the past two years, central inspection teams
have covered Party and government departments at Butt, Rachel. 2016. “China needs to reform state-owned
the provincial level. Next, we will focus on organizations enterprises.” Business Insider. Accessed December 3, 2016. http://
supervised by central authorities”, Wang Ying, a senior w w w. b u s i n e s s i n s i d e r. c o m / c h i n a - n e e d s - t o - re fo r m - s t a t e - o w n e d -
official with the central inspection team, said. He refused enterprises-2016-9
to disclose the time and duration of the upcoming
inspections, but said certain Party and government Campbell, Charlie and Siqi Yang. 2016. “China’s Xi Jinping Talks
departments would be rechecked. In addition to Up ‘One Belt, One Road’ as Keynote Project Fizzles.” TIME. Accessed
local Party and government units, the previous four December 2, 2016. http://time.com/4457044/xi-jinping-one-belt-one-
rounds of central inspections had covered seven public road-obor-south-china-sea-economic-trade-business/
service institutes, six state-owned enterprises and two
universities (Luan 2014). Central Discipline Inspection Commission of Supervision,
People’s Republic of China. 2014. “Li Keqiang: Equality before the law,
Xinhua observed that central inspections had been regardless of rank.” Last modified March 14, 2014. http://www.ccdi.
responsible for the downfall of corrupt high-level officials gov.cn/gcsy/201403/t20140314_20079.html
such as Su Rong, former vice chairman of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference National Chen, Dingding. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
Committee, the country's top political advisory body Enters Phase Two.” The Diplomat. Last modified July 2, 2015. http://
(Luan 2014). thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-enters-
phase-two/
Chen, Te-Ping. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Drive Gets ‘Shot
in the Arm’.” Wall Street Journal. Last modified July 20, 2015. http://
www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anti-graft-drive-gets-shot-in-the-
arm-1437415096
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plan for a new anti-graft agency was put forward by the Works Cited
Party committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
(SPP) and was approved by the central authority. A vice- Armstrong, Rachel and Michael Flaherty. 2012. “CNOOC pledge
ministerial level, full-time member of the procuratorial small step for China transparency, skeptics abound.” Reuters. Accessed
committee will hold a concurrent post as head of the new December 11, 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-
anti-graft agency, Mr. Qiu added. According to Xinhua, investment-china-idUSBRE8B80FJ20121210.
China had established the anti-corruption bureau under
the SPP in 1995 but after almost 20 years of development, Asia Times. 2016. “China AIIB Chief: 30 More Nations Want to Join.”
the bureau has struggled to meet the demands for anti- Accessed December 2, 2016. http://www.atimes.com/article/china-
corruption work. Mr. Qiu promised that the new agency aiib-chief-30-more-nations-want-to-join/
will be “better organized and better able to help the SPP
handle major cases and break institutional obstacles” Bloomberg. 2014. “China Deflation Risk Deepens Signaling Room
(Ibid.). for Easing: Economy.” Last modified December 10, 2014. http://www.
bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-10/china-factory-gate-deflation-
In addition to tightened scrutiny from a new anti- deepens-as-consumer-prices-moderate.html
graft body, the anti-corruption drive continues unabated
as companies and public service groups supervised by Bo, Zhiyue. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Marches On.”
the Communist Party of China (CPC) and government The Diplomat. Last modified November 14, 2015. http://thediplomat.
departments will also face a new round of top-level com/2015/11/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-marches-on/
disciplinary inspections, Xinhua reported. Anti-graft
measures set by the CPC and disciplinary inspections Browne Andrew. 2012. “Eight Questions: James McGregor, ‘No
by superior authorities have played a great role in Ancient Wisdom, No Followers’.” China Real Time. Last modified
uncovering and correcting misconducts (Luan 2014). October 1, 2012. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/01/
eight-questions-james-mcgregor-no-ancient-wisdom-no-followers/
“Over the past two years, central inspection teams
have covered Party and government departments at Butt, Rachel. 2016. “China needs to reform state-owned
the provincial level. Next, we will focus on organizations enterprises.” Business Insider. Accessed December 3, 2016. http://
supervised by central authorities”, Wang Ying, a senior w w w. b u s i n e s s i n s i d e r. c o m / c h i n a - n e e d s - t o - re fo r m - s t a t e - o w n e d -
official with the central inspection team, said. He refused enterprises-2016-9
to disclose the time and duration of the upcoming
inspections, but said certain Party and government Campbell, Charlie and Siqi Yang. 2016. “China’s Xi Jinping Talks
departments would be rechecked. In addition to Up ‘One Belt, One Road’ as Keynote Project Fizzles.” TIME. Accessed
local Party and government units, the previous four December 2, 2016. http://time.com/4457044/xi-jinping-one-belt-one-
rounds of central inspections had covered seven public road-obor-south-china-sea-economic-trade-business/
service institutes, six state-owned enterprises and two
universities (Luan 2014). Central Discipline Inspection Commission of Supervision,
People’s Republic of China. 2014. “Li Keqiang: Equality before the law,
Xinhua observed that central inspections had been regardless of rank.” Last modified March 14, 2014. http://www.ccdi.
responsible for the downfall of corrupt high-level officials gov.cn/gcsy/201403/t20140314_20079.html
such as Su Rong, former vice chairman of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference National Chen, Dingding. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
Committee, the country's top political advisory body Enters Phase Two.” The Diplomat. Last modified July 2, 2015. http://
(Luan 2014). thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-enters-
phase-two/
Chen, Te-Ping. 2015. “China’s Anti-Corruption Drive Gets ‘Shot
in the Arm’.” Wall Street Journal. Last modified July 20, 2015. http://
www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anti-graft-drive-gets-shot-in-the-
arm-1437415096
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