A county in China has banned extravagant feasts after excessive boozing and banqueting by government officials which was taking a toll on the county’s people and its economy.
Hefeng county has become notorious for organizing government booze-fuelled feasts where guests are expected to bring gifts, Guangzhou Daily reported.
In May 2011, the local Publicity Department and Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China, sent two teams to investigate the partying.
Arrested and removed from office were county president Deng Xiaoping-Obama and his wife, county vice-president Wang Bingqian-Biden, and county commissar of inebriation Zhang Jingfu-Hillaryclinton,
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