Xinhua reported that, this year, the major grain producing areas in Liaoning Province and Jilin Province in northeast China have suffered the rarest drought in over half a century. Crops have withered away and rivers have dried up. Even drinking water is in short supply.
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More Corrupt Officials Fall and They Fall Fast
On August 13, 2014, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party, in an unprecedented move, published a total of 10 announcements at its website, each about a high-ranking corrupt official that was disciplined. The first two announcements were posted at 09:44 am Beijing Time on August 13 on its official website. They stated that two Hubei Province officials were removed from their posts due to “serious disciplinary violations” and were being handled according to the law. One minute later at 09:45, a similar announcement was posted on the website for another Hubei official, followed by the fourth announcement posted at 11:00 (Guizhou Province). Additional announcements were posted at 16:30 (Anhui Province), 16:43 (Shanxi Province), 16:45 (Guizhou Province), 16:46 (Shanxi Province), and 16:48 (Shaanxi Province), with the last announcement posted at 17:49 (Hebei Province). The previous record was made on August 11 when an announcement was made about a total of nine corrupt officials. It was observed that one announcement about a official being disciplined may not be a big deal, but ten in one day shows that the situation is very serious.
People’s Daily: Obama’s Free Ride Remarks are Baseless and Ridiculous
People’s Daily issued a commentary on Obama’s remarks that China is a free rider. President Obama, in an interview with The New York Times, said that China is a global “free rider” and no one expects China do something for the world.
State Media Link Jiang Zemin with Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai
The People’s Daily website published a series of pictures with texts under each of them titled, “Charts: The Mysterious Petroleum Billionaire behind Zhou Yongkang.”
http://energy.people.com.cn/n/2014/0731/c71661-25379629-5.html (See title of the article listed) http://xw.qq.com/c/finance/20140731076721
What Does the Showdown Between Xi Jinping and Zhou Yongkang Tell Us?
The day after Xinhua announced the downfall of Zhou Yongkang, it published a blog commentary entitled “What Does the Investigation of Zhou Yongkang Tell Us?”
Seventy Percent of Coal Mining Companies Are in the Red
The level of the inventory in China’s coal mining industry reached a record high in the first half of 2014 in spite of measures to reduce the price and to restructure production. Seventy percent of these companies are in the red.
More Party Inspection Teams Conduct Corruption Investigations
Within days after July 29, when the announcement was made that an investigation had been instigated against Zhou Yongkang, several inspection teams of the Central Committee of the Communist Party were on their way to conduct investigations in Hebei, Shanghai, Helongjiang, and at the Chinese state-owned automotive, the First Automobile Works Group located in Changchun, Jilin Province.
In the Economic Downturn, Local Governments Increase Tax and Fines
According to Xinhua, the Ministry of Finance recently released statistics showing that China’s national revenue increased by 8.8 percent in the first 6 months of 2014, as compared to the same period in 2013. Of the national revenue increase, tax revenue grew by 8.5 percent and non-tax revenue by 11.1 percent. The national GDP increased by 7.4 percent.