Public supervision is a cure for the cancer of corruption

In China's ongoing battle against corruption, the comments of Premier Wen Jiabao have been right on target.

During a recent online chat, Wen said the government's anti-corruption campaign will be a "primary task" of the Communist Party of China, adding "a government will not be corrupt if it is under the people's supervision".

It is a cancer that slowly spreads, corruption is, eating away at the foundation of society, feeding anger and eroding political legitimacy.