Transparency International said it found a correlation between corporate bribery within a country and how clean public officials are perceived to be.

With the scandal escalating, Chinese leaders are now desperate to clean up the country' s image, making dozens of arrests in recent weeks and firing local and even high-level officials for negligence.

He won with a clean image and a promise to speed up economic ties to China, which has become Taiwan's biggest export market.

The departure of both men allows the party to focus on restoring an image of cleanliness in government.

Can the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria restore its reputation as the best and cleanest in the aid business?