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I am the world. I'm John Bachelor with my colleague and friend Gordon Chang at Gordon

G. Chang. The People's Republic of China. In 2024, the economy is troubled,

She Jin Ping is the master of the landscape,

except we welcome Charles Burton helping us understand

these headlines from the South China morning post.

China's former Justice Minister Tang facing corruption probe, top antigraph

agency, says, Tang quote, suspected of serious violations of discipline in law,

Antigraft Watchdog says.

He was removed as Justice Minister last year a month before he was transferred to a political advisory role in a province.

Charles, a very good evening to you. Thank you for this. I'm unfamiliar with how routine this is.

The corruption charge I've learned, thanks to Gordon over the years, is the

catch-all. Everybody's guilty of corruption. That's how you do your job. And eventually, if you get

out of line, we'll choose to charge you with corruption and you'll disappear.

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