As the world's new number one auto market, China has also been witnessing a fast-growing motor vehicle theft problem. But despite authorities' focus on the increase of stolen motor vehicles, non-motor vehicle theft remains a problem in Chinese cities. BON's Kelda Yuen reports on a recent online crackdown in Tianjin.
No matter what the topic, it seems that accusations of corruption are never far from the news here in China. In the past few weeks alone, corruption has reared its ugly head in everything from soccer match-fixing and the courts to accident cover-ups and the way funds were apportioned for rebuilding parts of Sichuan following the 2008 earthquake.
It's like an incurable disease. Corruption in China is a major source of frustration among Chinese people. President Hu has called corruption the single most important threat to the power of the Communist Party. Yet the problem seems to be growing.
With corruption cropping up in many areas of society as we've just heard, we asked ordinary Chinese citizens for their views on the topic. Here's what they had to say in today's edition of Straight from the Street.
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