Transparency and corruption – two sides of the same coin? – China News

www.chinahush.com — “The most expensive website in history” is the infamous name for the new Confucius Institute website, a name dubbed by the Chinese media and public. The Ministry of Finance recently announced the cost of the new Confucius Institutes website (here) and the new China Trade Union website. It seems to be the general consensus among the netizens that 35,200,000 RMB and 6,700,000 RMB are absolutely ridiculous amounts to be paying for a single website. A Chinese netizen, DASH, who owns a website is quoted as saying, “Any website can be made with less than 100,000 RMB.” So why are these websites costing so much?

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