China Telecommunications Corporation controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Chang Xiaobing sentenced to 6 years in first-instance bribery case
On May 31, 2017, the Baoding Intermediate People's Court sentenced former China Telecom chairman Chang Xiaobing to 6 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 yuan in first instance. It found that he accepted bribes of more than 3.76 million yuan, with acts involving his posts at the Directorate General of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and China Unicom; he was chairman of China Telecom when investigated in 2015.
2010
Allegation of rerouted international internet traffic
China Telecom was accused of rerouting approximately 15% of foreign internet traffic through Chinese servers for about 18 minutes. The affected traffic reportedly included commercial, government, and military websites. China Telecom denied hijacking internet traffic.