There’s a new cop on the corruption beat at the United Nations: the Chinese Communist Party. China this month quietly ascended to the U.N.’s top oversight panel in a move that should prompt the United States and other U.N. investors to reevaluate how they give their money.
Last November, U.N. member states voted 115-78 to give China a place on the U.N. Board of Auditors. People in the U.S. barely noticed, but Chinese government media celebrated the victory. Only a few months later, as China sought to cover up its reckless mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, people began to recognize the danger of China having so many U.N. agencies in its pocket.
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