In ancient China, the promotion, demotion, rewards and punishment of officials, in different grades, were connected with the result of inspection according to the merit system.

中国古代官吏考绩制度根据对官吏的考核情况，分不同的等级，予以升降赏罚。

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The main reason is that the punishment is too light for businessmen who break the law and officials guilty of dereliction of duty.

主要的原因还是对于商人的违法行为的处罚力度太小，以及部分新政官员的执行“不靠谱”。

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Following such a big problem, leading officials of the project can't avoid punishment.

出了这么大的事，项目的负责人是难逃其咎的。

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The U.S had already yanked dozens of visas from officials and the business community as punishment for noncompliance with its pro-Zelaya policy.

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The officials eventually ordered a point penalty, the next level of punishment after an initial code violation, which gave the match to Clijsters.

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International wariness of hurting ordinary Syrians means that such punishment is likely, as a start, to be limited to restricting the movement of Syrian officials and diplomats.

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