The only outsiders happy with the new regime are the foreign mining companies, which fall over each other to ingratiate themselves with ministers and officials.

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That power has almost visibly started draining away as political leaders fall over each other in their unseemly rush to distance themselves from an increasingly toxic media empire.

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It does not help that many commissioners fall for this nonsense, tripping over each other in their eagerness to visit China and meet the right officials.

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