Redundant officials
China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-29 08:02
How many deputy mayors and deputy secretary-generals does a city of 3 million people need?
Never a question before, it has now become the center of attention. The municipal government of Tieling in northeastern China's Liaoning province is said to have nine deputy mayors and 20 deputy secretary-generals.
Such a lineup is compared by some to the Buddha with a thousand hands, a superpower capable of taking care of everything.
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