Randy W Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Chinese Official, a Symbol of Greed and Corruption, Is Sentenced Internet users scrutinized photos of Mr. Yang attending public functions and soon discovered one showing him wearing an expensive watch. Other photos of Mr. Yang wearing different expensive watches quickly emerged and were widely circulated on the Internet. The state-run news media then began to cover the story of Brother Watch. For example, a screenshot from a China Central Television news program that was circulated online shows Mr. Yang wearing flashy watches on 11 different occasions. . . . “History’s most unfortunate smile and costliest smile belongs to ‘Brother Watch’ Yang Dacai,” read one widely circulated posting on Thursday to Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging platform. “Given the sentence of 14 years, I reckon in the future officials will definitely popularize sullen faces.” Link to comment
Randy W Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Oops - the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/asia/yang-dacai-is-sentenced-in-china.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130905&tntemail0=y Link to comment
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