A former security chief of the Chinese province of Hebei pleaded guilty in a Jiangsu court Thursday to a range of graft charges against him, state media reported.
China must wash away the stains of millennia of corruption from its culture. The only remedy for this national humiliation is democracy and the rule of law, the natural enemies of despotism and corruption. Tools like separation of powers and checks and balances are needed at all levels of government, with election of the heads of the legislative, executive, judicial and procuratorial branches of government in alternating years. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for details.