China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes

A Chinese court sentenced Yang Youlin, a 69-year-old former Nanjing city official, to death for accepting over 2.2 billion yuan ($325 million) in bribes over 30 years, along with convictions for embezzlement, abuse of power, and money laundering. Yang exploited his various positions to help others secure engineering contracts, land transfers, and financing in exchange for personal gain, making this one of the largest corruption cases in recent years. The death sentence is part of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, though such severe punishments for white-collar crimes remain relatively rare in China.