China's graft-busters are struggling to catch fugitive officials

The Communist Party’s top anti-graft body has called for better gathering of information between agencies responsible for corruption investigations to stop fugitive officials fleeing the country. An article posted on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Sunday said the foundation work for pursuing fugitives and recovering embezzled funds was inadequate owing to a lack of understanding about the situation and poor domestic organization. “The most striking problem...