China is serious about cracking down on corruption. So much so, it is possibly inventing cases of corruption to target for prosecution (via Angry Chinese Blogger):

Yu (Huafeng), a former deputy editor for 南方都市报 (Southern Metropolitan News), was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in January 2004 for corruption and embezzlement of fund. According to reports carried by Xinhua, China’s state media agency, Yu had embezzled $US70,000 in funds, which he used to make illegal payments to senior staff members while he was working with南方都市报. His sentence was reduced later reduced to 8 years in on June 7, 2004…
Reports obtained by the CPJ, a US based reporters’ rights group, suggest that money distributed by Yu had been obtained through legal channels, and that it was distributed, in line accepted Chinese corporate practices, as part of the news group’s bonus scheme.
Prior to his imprisonment, the 南方都市报 had begun a campaign to expose local corruption and to raise the prominence of socially important issues, including poverty and official abuses of power.