PulseAugur
EN
LIVE 17:25:08

Archaeologist admits corruption over 5,000-year-old city discovery

A Chinese archaeologist, Liu Bin, has pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Liu, a former professor at Zhejiang University, was accused of using his position to facilitate contracts for cultural relics protection and archaeological surveys. He also allegedly inflated project costs and embezzled research funds. AI

RANK_REASON The article is about a corruption case involving an archaeologist and has no relevance to AI.

Read on SCMP — Tech →

AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 1 sources. How we write summaries →

Archaeologist admits corruption over 5,000-year-old city discovery

COVERAGE [1]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Dannie Peng ·

    Chinese archaeologist who discovered 5,000-year-old city pleads guilty to corruption

    Liu Bin, a Chinese archaeologist credited with discovering a vast 5,000-year-old prehistoric city that rewrote the history of Chinese civilisation, has pleaded guilty to taking bribes and embezzlement. The celebrated academic, who discovered the Liangzhu ruins – a Unesco World He…