China: May 6, 2001

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For the past month, China has been waging a major campaign against organized crime. Some 10,000 suspects have been arrested. Some 500 executions were also announced in that period, some of them were the recently rounded up suspects. Government corruption and crime are the two largest causes of popular discontent. 

 

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