Swift action needed to break nexus of corrupt families

WANG YONGJIN AND WEI WU, directors of two local State-run hospitals in Changzhi, Shanxi province, were recently detained and investigated for bribery. Reports say they are husband and wife, and the woman's father is the former Party chief of the city who managed to get all his three sons-in-law high bureaucratic posts. This has raised questions about how to stop some families from dominating local politics, which breeds corruption. Comments:

China's anti-corruption measures failed to prevent group-or family-led corruption in the past, because higher authorities did not take the law seriously.

All they did was to protect lower-level officials for personal benefits. The country's leadership has vowed to promote the rule of law to end this and we hope the process is fast and successful.