Rat hunt to clean up film and TV industry

Li Qiufang, a senior official of communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-graft body, said on Thursday that after investigating them for corruption last year, the CCDI will further regulate the film and television industry this year, with special attention paid to eliminating the "hidden rules" such as the giving of bribes to bureaucrats. Comments:

Compared with the tigers, or senior corrupt officials, the corrupt officials in the film and TV industry have much less power and they are as small as rats. Yet these rats are nevertheless destructive, as they have corrupted the whole industry; worse, they are more cunning because their illegal trade is better hidden. Anti-graft agencies need to be more careful in hunting these rats.

Qianjiang Evening News, Jan 30