Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU - A senior government official in south China has landed in big trouble following the startling discovery about his spendthrift lifestyle-he ran up restaurant bills of 130,000 yuan (about $19,750) in a single day! Subject of a graft probe since the discovery, the official has been placed under suspension Chen Wenzhu, director of Tobacco Bureau of Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, was also found to be illegally holding two different ID cards and two residence registration booklets, know as \"hukou\", Xinhua Thursday quoted Lin Jianhua, administrative director with the Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau as saying.

GUANGZHOU - The Indian approach to curbing corruption through public disclosure of assets of the high and mighty appears to have inspired China -- with Guangdong province in south China deciding to launch a pilot project this year on the same lines.

GUANGZHOU, China - Police say in southern China say they have arrested two brothers suspected of releasing poisonous snakes to seek revenge in a dispute with a local leader.