The Heavy Price of Corruption The recent sentencing of Yang Youlin, a former Nanjing city official, to death for taking over $325 million in bribes is a stark reminder of the corrosive influence of corruption in China's high echelons.
This high profile case is part of President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti corruption campaign, which has been hailed as a necessary measure to curb the excesses of the country's elite.
The sheer scale of Yang's corruption – 2. 2 billion yuan over three decades – suggests that this is not an isolated incident, but rather a symptom of a deeper problem.