tl;dr: A Chinese court sentenced former Nanjing official Yang Youlin to death for accepting $325M in bribes over three decades, along with embezzlement and money laundering convictions. Yang used his positions to help others obtain engineering contracts, land transfers, and financing in exchange for money and valuables. Death sentences for white-collar crimes remain rare in China, typically reserved for cases exceeding 1bn yuan, and Yang's cooperation with authorities was deemed insufficient to warrant leniency given the severity of his offenses.