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Predatory fines are NOT fine

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Is your business sick of officials abusing their power?
Well, so is the State Council! On Wednesday it issued guidelines to limit the ability of local officials to impose predatory fines on companies.
The document aims squarely at improving China's business environment, by (Gov.cn):

“[B]etter prote...