China fires 160,000 'phantom staff' on government payroll

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 11:31 in Earth & Climate

Ed AdamczykBEIJING, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- China announced the removal of 162,629 people from government payrolls for evidently not doing any work, part of an anti-corruption campaign begun in 2013.

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