International corruption

Cooperation in the corruption fight. The South China Morning Post says:

Two former Bank of China officials who fled with their families to the United States to escape embezzlement charges have rejected a plea bargain jointly arranged by Chinese and American authorities, co-operation which could pave the way for further such deals.

The US State Department, working with the central government, offered Xu Guojun and Xu Chaofan, two former managers at the Bank of China's Kaiping branch in Guangdong, a deal whereby if they returned to the mainland to plead guilty, their wives would not be deported for immigration violations.

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