And the whole family was consumpted; years ago there was consumption, wasn't it?

Du, the Party boss of Yongshan County in Yunnan Province, went drinking one afternoon and evening in July 2000 in the town of Jingxin with other cadres after finishing a Three Stresses meeting, held to improve internal Party discipline. He and his colleagues spent in one afternoon and evening what the average household of four in his poor rural county earns in a full year.

[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]

The roads were foggy during the accident but alcohol may have also played a part.