26 Apr 2022
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China’s senior leaders continue the Sisyphean task of cleaning up the government and rooting out corruption.
On Monday, they got to work at the State Council’s annual Clean Government Work Conference, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
Some context: The conference was established in 2008 to addre...
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