The Soviets obviously distrusted even their local Communist cadres.

Even before the Cultural Revolution, the local cadres were persecuted.

The local cadres recognised their protest as legal and an investigation team was sent to the college to see if their complaints had any substance.

Privacy was virtually non-existent as the local 'cadres' knew all the details of people's lives.

Typically, local cadres swoop down on each village once or twice a year, taking all the women who have already had children to a nearby clinic.

Had he been sent there by the local cadres?

Profiting from blood collection by unscrupulous local cadres may be one byproduct of China's economic reform.

Major Bay came in on 13 August and, along with two of the local cadre, encouraged me with talk of going home soon.

The state drafted annual economic plans that were passed down through administrative channels to assist local cadres.

"We had found that the policies of local cadres ran counter to those of the provincial and central governments," said the man.