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Transport plan sparks concerns

PUBLIC concerns of corruption have been sparked over the newly revealed subsidy plans for local government workers amid national government transport reforms. To cut spending on government cars, reforms have... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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