For quite some time it has been all too apparent that corruption is endemic in China. In a stunning New York Times article by David Barboza, entitled “Billions in Hidden Riches for Family of Chinese Leader” that harkens back to an era when the NYT was truly the newspaper of record, it is revealed that this corruption reaches to the very top of Chinese society.
Read it here. In retaliation the Chinese government has now blocked access to both the Chinese and English language New York Times sites.