China’s lunar new year holiday is the busiest time of year for the Zhengzhou East long-distance bus station. But officials in Shuyuanjie village, the district which owns it, complain that every departing bus is a reminder of the revenue lost through corruption.
Fan Jianhui, the local Communist party secretary, has seized control of the station to run as his private business and despite street protests and complaints by local officials, there has been no investigation into his activities.
The case illustrates the struggles of China’s ruling party to ensure basic standards of governance even as its new leaders pledge to root out corruption.