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2012

• ICA Blog:
  'Compliance Allergy?', 17 Apr. 2012

• Trust Law:
  'Hong Kong tycoons named in Macau corruption trial', 17 Apr. 2012

• The New Yorker:
  'Corruption Nation: Why Bo Xilai matters', 16 Apr. 2012

• The Washington Post:
  'Estranged brother of billionaire Hong Kong tycoons probed by graft police also arrested', 04 May. 2012

• San Francisco Chronicle:
  'How China can reduce corruption and save face', 04 May 2012

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'China's economic rights, human wrongs', 03 May 2012

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Chinese health-care system rife with corruption risks' 02 May 2012

• Trust Law:
  'Most frauds detected by accident, Hong Kong conference hears', 30 Apr. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'In China, foreign films meet a powerful gatekeeper', 29 Apr. 2012

• The Huffington Post:
  'SEC to probe movie studios over inappropriate payments in China', 24 Apr. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'S.E.C. asks if Hollywood paid bribes in China', 24 Apr. 2012
  
  
• Reuters:
  'Exclusive: Hong Kong probes $2.5 million payment in Kwok case: source', 24 Apr. 2012
  
  
• Agence France-Presse:
  'Top China football officials face graft trials: report', 23 Apr. 2012
  
  
• The Guardian:
  'China's leaders are cracking down on Bo Xilai and his Chongqing model', 22 Apr. 2012

• Inter Aksyon:
  'Briton killed for threatening to expose money laundering by Chinese leader's wife', 16 Apr. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'China premier calls for an end to corruption', 16 Apr. 2012

• The Wall Stree Journal:
  'Post-Bo anti-corruption campaign: Tempting, but dangerous', 13 Apr. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'Murder aside, China inquiry puts couple's wealth on trial', 12 Apr. 2012

• The Wall Stree Journal:
  'China could jail employees over SEC subpoena, Deloitte says', 12 Apr. 2012

• Associated Press:
  'Hearings start in bribery and smuggling trial of China's former top fugetive', 06 Apr. 2012

• Reason:
  'Esquire's Pay-for-Play journalism in China', 04 Apr. 2012

• Associated Press:
  'Hong Kong's billionaire  Kwok brothers profess innocence amid high-profile corruption probe', 03 Apr. 2012

• Reuters:
  'Hong Kong tycoon arrests put graft agency in spotlight', 02 Apr. 2012

• People's Daily Online:
  'Hong Kong's anti-laundering law to take effect', 31 Mar. 2012

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Sun Hung Kai Chairmen Arrested in Hong Kong', 30 Mar. 2012
  
  
• Agence France-Presse:
  'Hong Kong corruption watchdog arrests Kwok brothers', 29 Mar. 2012

• BBC News:
  'China scandal: Bo Xilai allegations 'preposterous'', 29 Mar. 2012
  
  
• Agence France-Presse:
  'Graft main threat to Communist Party: China's Wen', 27 Mar. 2012

• The Wall Stree Journal:
  'Mystery deepens in death of Briton in China', 27 Mar. 2012

• Reuters:
  'China's Wen: corruption could threaten power structure', 26 Mar. 2012

• The Wall Stree Journal:
  'Eight Questions: Andrew Wedeman, China’s Corruption Paradox', 26 Mar. 2012
  
  
• Hindustan Times:
  'Clinton asks India, China to join anti-bribery convention', 23 Mar. 2012

• Financial Times:
  'Corruption threatens China's future', 21 Mar. 2012

• The FCPA Blog:
  'China's 'official liquor's' is bribe of choice', 20 Mar. 2012

• Reuters:
  'Sun Hung Kai executive arrested over suspected bribery', 20 Mar. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'Report on ousted China official shows effort at damage control', 19 Mar. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'Banker of Standard Chartered held in investigation', 15 Mar. 2012

• Deutsche Presse-Agentur:
  'Whistleblower from China's corruption-hit city dissapears', 08 Mar. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'Scandals in Hong Kong Raise Fears About China', 5 Mar. 2012
  
  
• Trust Law:
  'China slams "absurd" speculation over leadership', 02 Mar. 2012

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Hong Kong chief pledges to cooperate with graft probe (Updated)', 01 Mar. 2012

• Financial Times:
  'Hong Kong's Tsang faces corruption probe', 29 Feb. 2012

• Jakarta Globe:
  'Indonesia, Hong Kong join forces to bust transnational crime', 29 Feb. 2012

• Radio Free Asia: 
  'Call for army to fight graft', 23 Feb. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'A Fraud Went Undetected, Although Easy to Spot', 23 Feb 2012
  
  
• The Wall Street Journal:
  'China City Boosts Anticrime Effort', 21 Feb. 2012
  
  
• BBC:
  'Top China football referee Lu Jun jailed over bribes', 16 Feb. 2012

• TRACE Blog:
  'China as a compliance rainforest', 08 Feb. 2012

• The Sidney Morning Herald:
  'China power play: Anti-corruption officials vanish', 09 Feb. 2012

• Zeenews:
  'China graft-buster placed on 'stress leave'', 07 Feb. 2012

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Chinese leader backs land rights', 06 Feb. 2012

• Financial Times:
  'Chinese general faces corruption probe', 01 Feb. 2012

• The New York Times:
  'Residents vote in Chinese village at center of protest', 01 Feb. 2012

• The Sacramento Bee:
  'Rage over Chinese corruption fuels rampage by village official', 30 Jan. 2012

• Thomson Reuters:
  'Hong Kong: HKMA and SFC issue new anti-money laundering guidelines', 30 Jan. 2012

• Corruption, Crime and Compliance:
  'China: The corruption problem child', 24 Jan. 2012

• Scotsman:
  'Village that stood up to corruption a sign of hope for others', 24 Jan. 2012

• McDermott Will & Emery:
  'China summarizes 2011 AML enforcement, promises action on failures to notify a concentration in 2012', 23 Jan. 2012

• Voice of America:
  'China's 'netizens' react to stricter rules on microblogging', 19 Jan. 2012

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Billions uncovered in campaign against China's 'covert coffers'', 18 Jan. 2012

• The Vancouver Sun:
  'Village uprising exposes underlying corruption in system', 16 Jan. 2012

• ICAC (Press Release):
  'Five charged with USD 24 million bribery over trading of derivative warrents', 12 Jan. 2012

• AsiaOne:
  'Chinese national jailed for bribing policeman with sex', 12 Jan. 2012

• Xinhuanet.com:
  'CPN vows to score new anti-corruption achievements in 2012', 10 Jan. 2012

• Agence France-Presse:
  'China's Hu orders party to fight corruption', 09 Jan. 2012

• The Epoch Times:
  'Protest against corruption errupts in Eastern China', 04 Jan. 2012

• Reuters:
  'China local government debt audit finds  USD 84 billion problem', 04 Jan. 2012

2011

• China Daily:
  'Former official sentenced for bribery', 31 Dec. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'Suspect confesses to biggest China corruption case', 30 Dec. 2011

• Reuters:
  'China says its most wanted man admits crimes', 30 Dec. 2011

• Bloomberg:
  'China punishes officials for corruption in construction: Xinhua', 21 Dec. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Top China football referee admits taking bribes', 21 Dec. 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Macau Sands says Hong Kong probe is over', 19 Dec. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'China starts footbal corruption trials', 19 Dec. 2011

• MSNBC:
  'Chinese artist's portraits of corruption', 14 Dec. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Top Hong Kong horse trainer jailed for bribery', 13 Dec. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'China: Former airport chief sentenced', 08 Dec. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'China sentances Australian CEO to 13 years in jail for embezzlement', 06 Dec. 2011

• BBC:
  'Australian Matthew NG jailed in China for embezzlement', 06 Dec. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  '22 arrested over Hong Kong 'vote rigging': official', 05 Dec. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Protestors in China march against 'dictatorship', 21 Nov. 2011

• Financial Times:
  'Sino-Forest panel rejects fraud claims', 15 Nov. 2011

• Trust Law:
  'Legal Barriers prevent full enforcement of UK Bribery Act in Hong Kong, says scholar', 14 Nov. 2011

• Xinhua:
  'China fights rampant corruption in infrastructure projects', 18 Oct. 2011

• The Wal Street Journal:
  'Hong Kong Charges May Hao with bribery, money laundering', 18 Oct. 2011

• Financial Times:
  'Anonymous accuses Chaoda of fraud', 27 Sep. 2011

• The Telegraph:
  ''BMW town' crashes in pyramid fraud', 23 Sep. 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'China whistleblower on graft gets unusual media help', 03 Sep. 2011.

• TrustLaw:
  'Chinese anti-graft officer stabbed 11 times, ruled suicide', 31 Aug. 2011

• The Australian:
  'China indebted to corruption', 30 Aug. 2011

• The New York Times:
  'An investor's guide to buying influence in China', 24 Aug. 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Chinese artist creates corruption hall of fame', 22 Aug. 2011

• The Economist:
  'Land appropriation in China: Two eagles, one crooked arrow', 16 Aug. 2011

• Reuters:
  'Local coal boss in China gets 20-year jail term for corruption', 15 Aug. 2011

• The Sidney Morning Herald:
  'Court blocks media from China bribery trial', 09 Aug. 2011

• The New York Times:
  'Chinese officials seized and sold babies, parents say', 04 Aug. 2011

• Bloomberg:
  'China rail ministry 'kingdom' may be split up on fatal crash', 04 Aug. 2011

• BBC:
  'Shanghai officials jailed over deadly high-rise fire', 02 Aug. 2011

• The Economist:
  'Interrogating the party', 25 Jul. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'Former China mobile exec guilty in bribery case', 22 Jul. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'China firms have 'widespread weaknesses': agency', 18 Jul. 2011

• Reuters:
  'EXCLUSIVE- China may cut spending on strategic industries', 07 Jul. 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Ex-ICBC Asia banker pleads guilty to taking bribes', 05 Jul. 2011

• The Atlantic:
  'In China, corruption and unrest threaten autocratic rule', 29 Jun. 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'An anti-bribery boom in China', 28 Jun. 2011

• CNN:
  'Anti-corruption websites pop up in China', 27 Jun. 2011

• Foreign Policy:
  'China's little red envelopes', 22 Jun. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'China restricts popular report-a-bribe websites', 22 Jun. 2011

• Associated Press:
  'Report: Chinese officials stole USD 120 billion', 17 Jun. 2011

• Reuters:
  'China confess-a-kickback websites draw inspiration from India', 13 Jun. 2011

• Bernama:
  'China regulates gift cards to prevent corruption', 26 May 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'China dam to address finances', 23 May 2011

• The Wall Street Journal:
  'Hong Kong corruption scandal: Milk powder for mainland', 10 May 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Former China mayor gets tough sentence for graft', 09 May 2011

• Financial Times:
  'Golf course boom points to China corruption', 02 May 2011

• Reuters:
  'Artists paint stark portraits of Chinese corruption', 02 May 2011

• Reuters:
  'UPDATE 1 - HK graftbuster arrests 11 for fraudulent derivatives trades', 14 Apr. 2011

• The New York Times:
  'China takes dissident artists into custody', 03 Apr. 2011

• The Telegraph:
  'Chinese vase frenzy: bribery and the auction house', 25 Mar. 2011

• Trust Law:
  'China demonstrates intent to clean up corruption through law change' 23 Mar. 2011

• Wall Street Journal:
  'New revalations in China's railway corruption scandal', 23 Mar. 2011

• Assosiated Press:
  'China to prosecute 24 over Shanghai appartment fire that killed 58 last year', 15 Mar. 2011

• Bloomberg Businessweek:
  'China's ruling party vows to root out corruption', 10 Mar. 2011

• Agence France-Presse:
  'Graft: a major problem for China''s leaders', 06 Mar. 2011

• FCPA Professor:
  'Significant China law development', 03 Mar. 2011

• The Washington Post:
  'China railway minister dismissed amid graft probe', 25 Feb. 2011

• Reuters:
  'Alibaba.com CEO resigns after jump in fraudulent sales', 21 Feb. 2011

• The Telegraph:
  'China's Railway chief investigated for corruption', 13 Feb. 2011

• New York Times:
  'Chinese Journalist Who Defied the Censors and Wrote About Corruption is Fired', 27 Jan. 2011

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