To fight corruption, China officially bans golf for party cadres
Source: Washington Post
China’s President Xi Jinping is well known to be a keen soccer fan. It appears he does not feel the same about golf.
On Thursday, China announced that owning golf club memberships is officially banned for all 88 million members of the Communist Party.
It was placed, along with the vices of excessive eating and drinking and having “improper sexual relations with others,” on an eight-article moral and ethical code issued by the Politburo of China’s Communist Party Central Committee, the nation’s 25 top leaders, meant to promote clean governance.
The code forms part of Xi’s efforts to rebuild the party’s public image by eliminating corruption and extravagance. Golf falls short on several counts. It's a symbol of Western lavishness in a country where Xi is determined to eliminate Western values. Golf courses are also seen as venues for officials to strike corrupt deals with rich business people.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/10/22/elegant-bribery-also-known-as-golf-officially-banned-for-chinas-party-cadres/
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