Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!nucsrl!telecom-request From: 0004133373@mcimail.com (Donald E. Kimberlin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: China Fires Communications Minister Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 02:54:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 196, Message 7 of 12 In article , Nigel Allen posts: > BEIJING -- China's ministers of communications and construction were > fired as part of a campaign to fight widespread government corruption > and win back the trust of the Chinese people, > Qian was removed for abusing his power for personal gain... Nigel than poses the question: > Has anyone else heard anything about this and what it may mean? Well, Nigel, I don't monitor the Chinese telecommunications political misfeasance scene as we have plenty here in the U.S. daily. What it seems to mean is that telecommunications politicians are just as crooked in China as in the U.S. or anywhere else. Must be a pretty nice political plum everywhere. In fact, since China has about four times the population of the U.S., such infrequent firings as they do have tend to indicate the Chinese are either far more honest or far more tolerant of political crooks than we are. (You decide which!)