Updated regulations ban the country’s 40 million civil servants from lavish banquets, and restrict them from overseas travel for ‘personal leisure’

Adjacent to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling restaurant is now eerily quiet, at lunchtime most of its seats are empty.

The recent crackdown on civil servants frequenting restaurants - part of a government austerity drive intended to crack down on corruption - has likely affected business and caused liquor sales to plummet, admits one waitress who works in the opulent establishment.

Source: Guardian - World News