Southeast Asia / China / Indonesia

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INFO: Corruption remains serious issue in Southeast Asia"The latest Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 released by Berlin-based graft watchdog Transparency International on January 27 shows that "tea money" remains an important requirement to grease business transaction and receive public services in Southeast Asia."

INFO: The 2015 Numbers for China’s War Against Corruption - The Tigers. "Networks, or guanxi, the cultural institution of gift giving and reciprocity, has been turned on its head in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s hunt for China’s corrupt tigers and flies among the Party establishment."

INFO: Observers say single antigraft body would not work in IndonesiaA proposal to make the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Indonesia's sole graft-busting agency would not help the country eradicate corruption, analysts say, adding that streamlining the efforts by all bodies currently involved would be a more appropriate solution.

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