China Asks Interpol to Help Find 100 Graft Suspects
Chinese authorities are seeking to repatriate absconding officials and others accused of corruption.
Caixin Media
04.22.15
China’s Anti-Corruption Drive: Don’t Stop Now
Beijing’s fight against corruption is now two years old. Some significant results have been achieved, winning strong public support. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult to move the campaign forward.
The general public and government...
Sinica Podcast
04.20.15
China’s Ideological Spectrum
from Sinica PodcastLast week, Harvard doctoral student Jennifer Pan and MIT graduate student Yiqing Xu co-released a paper, “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” that has garnered a tremendous...
China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’
Party officials in Guangdong, home to the 12-course Mission Hills Golf Club, are now forbidden to golf during work hours.
China, US to Boost Cooperation on Repatriating Fugitives
China and the U.S. are boosting cooperation in sending home crime suspects amid a Chinese drive to ferret out corrupt officials and fugitives.
Born Red
How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao.
China Regulates Against Officials’ Judicial Meddling
To advance the rule of law China plans to name and shame officials who commonly interfere in judicial cases.
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The Devil, or Mr Wang
China’s second most powerful leader is admired and feared.
Party Investigates CNPC Executive Once Seen as Company’s Next Leader
Liao Yongyuan, who oversaw gas pipeline project crossing country, becomes target of inquiry by party graft-buster.
Conversation
03.11.15
Is China Really Cracking Up?
On March 7, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by David Shambaugh arguing that “the endgame of Chinese communist rule has...
Sorry, America: China Is NOT Going to Collapse
David Shambaugh bases his conclusion on flawed interpretations of recent socioeconomic and political developments.
Media
02.19.15
Why 700 Million People Keep Watching the Chinese New Year Gala, Even Though It’s Terrible
The Chinese New Year Gala, which aired live on February 18 on Chinese Central Television (CCTV), is a four-and-half hour variety show with song and dance, comedic skits, magic tricks, acrobatic acts, and celebrity cameos. The show celebrates the...
Sinica Podcast
02.16.15
Business and F*cking in China
from Sinica Podcast
This week's show starts with us grilling James on "what you have to do to be part of Chinese business culture" and descends from there into stories of the sort of booze-and-ketamine-fuelled business deal-making that seems to consist of a large...
Features
01.28.15
‘I Don’t Know Where Some Cadres Get Their Magical Powers’
Earlier this month, at the close of the Chinese Communist Party’s 5th Plenum, the official People’s Daily noted on its website that as this...
Media
01.22.15
Xi Jinping’s Pay Raise
It just got slightly less difficult to be a clean Chinese official. State media reported on January 20 that Chinese civil servants had received their first pay raise...
Macau Sex Ring Bust Shows China Expanding Crackdown on Graft
Police in the former Portuguese colony arrested Alan Ho, handcuffing him and covering his head with a black hood, for allegedly operating a prostitution ring out of the casino complex of his uncle, Stanley Ho.
Xi Calls for More Anti-Corruption Efforts Despite Achievements
Misconduct may have abated but had not vanished, he said, and although counter-corruption mechanisms had been developed, they were not perfect and temptations still existed.
Chinese Spy Chief Ma Jian Detained as Corruption Crackdown Widens
It is not clear what triggered the probes, but it is believed to be linked to a high-profile anti-graft investigation into activities at the top of Founder Group, a Peking University-owned technology conglomerate.
Compilation of Xi Jinping’s Anti-Graft Remarks Published
A circular issued jointly by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the CPC's discipline agency asked Party officials to take the essence of the remarks to heart and behave in line with the decisions so as to ensure an...
Sinica Podcast
01.06.15
The Sinica Podcast’s Second Annual Call-In Show
from Sinica PodcastIf you’ve been following all of the news and gossip involving China for the last year, join Kaiser and Jeremy as they take call-in questions and talk insider politics on everything from the ongoing anti-corruption campaign to the question of...
Caixin Media
12.30.14
Nephew of Disgraced Official Ling Jihua Involved in Tangled Web of Businesses
The investigations into Ling Jihua, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and his two brothers, Ling Zhengce and Ling Wancheng, have shed light on a powerful family that had a grip on both government resources...
Caixin Media
12.11.14
Sacked Deputy Reform Commissioner Gets Life in Jail for Graft
A former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has been sentenced to life in prison for taking 35.6 million yuan (U.S.$5.8 million) in bribes between 2002 and 2012, according to a microblog post from a Langfang...
China Corruption Watchdog Launches Inspections, Eyes Sinopec
The inspectors, part of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), will focus on senior figures within Sinopec who may be promoted to leadership roles.
China's ‘Fox Hunt’ Grabs 288 Suspects in Worldwide Anti-Graft Net
China has conducted activities in 56 countries, including the United States, Canada, Spain, South Korea, and South Africa, it said, citing Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jinguo.
China Anti-Graft Watchdog Finds Gold, Cash in Official’s Home
The amount seized in the home of Ma Chaoqun, the former manager of the Beidaihe Water Supply Corporation, was so large that state news agency Xinhua called it "shocking".
Chinese Courts Are Selling Seized Assets on Alibaba’s Taobao
Ever wonder what it's like to live large like a corrupt Chinese businessman or official? This is your chance.
Tigers and Flies
The South China Morning Post has collected the CCDI’s announcements of graft probes since the beginning of Xi’s reign two years ago, and visualised them on a map. Party probes have spread across China and dramatically intensified since early 2014...
Plenum Didn’t Decide on Zhou Graft Case ‘As He Is No Longer State Leader’
The Party's anti-graft watchdog announced three months ago that it was investigating Zhou—making him the first serving or former member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee to be probed—but there has been no word since on progress in the...
Ex-General in China Admits He Took Bribes, Report Says
“Xu Caihou fully confessed to the facts of his bribetaking crimes,” said the brief Xinhua report. It did not give any details of who gave the bribes or how much Mr. Xu took.
Xinhua Insight: China's Legal Renaissance Sounds Death Knell for Guanxi
As the curtain fell on a key meeting on rule of law on Thursday, Israeli Yuval Golan, 29, felt good about his business prospects in what should be a more transparent and predictable China.
China’s Assault on Corruption Enters Executive Suite
Communist Party leaders plan to slash the compensation of the top executives at China's largest state-owned companies over the next few months to make sure only those truly committed to the party run them.
Troubles in China Rattle Western Banks
Foreign lenders in China have been stung by a string of suspected fraud cases and problem loans in the country as Beijing investigates company executives and seizes assets in a crackdown on corruption.
Net Closes on Ling Jihua, One-Time Top Aide to Ex-President Hu Jintao
Hu has been conspicuously silent over the investigation.
China Removes 160,000 ‘Phantom Staff’ from Government Payroll
Hebei province in central China was the worst offender, with 55,793 officials found to be getting paid even though they never worked, followed by Sichuan and Henan.
China Uncovers $10bn Fake Trades
China has uncovered $10bn worth of fake trades as part of a nationwide crackdown on companies. The nation's currency regulator said 15 fraud cases had been handed over to the police for prosecution.
Sinica Podcast
08.02.14
The Rule of Law in China
from Sinica PodcastThis week on Sinica, Jeremy and David are joined by Donald Clarke, a professor at George Washington University where he specializes in Chinese law, for a discussion of what is happening with the Zhou Yongkang corruption scandal, as well as...
Caixin Media
07.31.14
Ex-Politburo Members Accused of ‘Serious Discipline Violations’ Always Face Courts
After much speculation, the axe has finally fallen on Zhou Yongkang, the former public security chief and member of the Politburo Standing Committee, indicating the Communist Party’s campaign against corruption will grant no exceptions to the...
Media
07.30.14
Paper Tiger
For 10 months, the fate of Zhou Yongkang existed in a space of plausible deniability. Respected Western media outlets had reported...
China Puts Ex-Security Chief Zhou Yongkang Under Investigation
China launched a formal investigation into one of the Communist Party’s most senior figures, lifting a cloak of immunity that has shielded the country’s highest ranks for at least 25 years, in President Xi Jinping’s boldest move yet to solidify...
Zhou Yongkang Political Aides [GRAPHIC]
Reuters has put together a great graphic on Zhou's inner circle many of whom are being investigated themselves. Four, Li Chuncheng, Hua Bangsong,Liu Han, and his son Zhou Bin have already been arrested or are charged. Li Dongsheng, Jiang Jiemin,...
China’s Leaders Draw Lessons From War of ‘Humiliation’
The lessons from the twilight of the Qing Dynasty have become all the more pointed today, when Chinese-Japanese ties are tenser than they have been for decades, and President Xi Jinping of China has embarked on an ambitious program to overhaul...
Market Reforms, Fight against Corruption Go Hand in Hand, Expert Says
Peking University’s Li Chengyan argues the party is taking a two-pronged approach to reform, and institutional changes at local level will help make anti-graft campaign’s gains permanent.
Media
07.21.14
Everybody Hates Rui
He may be widely reviled in his home country, but oh, what a resume: The son of an author and screenwriter; a graduate of the prestigious China Foreign Affairs...
Chinese Communists’ Adultery Ban – A Propaganda Stunt?
Just when you thought the Party was taking a puritanical stand, the newspaper said that when authorities had previously accused officials of “moral corruption” they defined this as having more than “three mistresses”.
China Widens Anti-Corruption Drive to Officials with Family Abroad
Wang Qishan, secretary of its watchdog Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, told investigators to go after “naked officials”, state media said, referring to those who have children or spouses who live abroad.
Note to Cadres: Hands Off the Black Audi and Chauffeur
Can you take away that ultimate perk of the respectable cadre—the black car with intimidatingly tinted windows, an equally intimidating medley of official insignia, passes and a faithful driver? We’re about to find out.
China TV Anchor Known For Fatriotic Views is Held in Corruption Probe
For years, TV news anchor Rui Chenggang has been a China booster and an icon for China’s global “soft power” push. But in a development that’s shocked the nation, Rui has been detained on suspicion of corruption, the scourge of the system he has...
China Charges Former Senior Official with Graft
China formally charged Liu Tienan, former deputy head of its top planning agency with corruption, paving the way for his trial as the government pursues a high-profile campaign to root out graft.
Ex JPMorgan China banker questioned in HK
Hong Kong authorities have interviewed Fang Fang, JPMorgan Chase’s former head of investment banking in China, as they investigate government bribery allegations.
Chinese Police Charge British Former Head of GSK in China With Bribery
The case is the biggest corruption scandal to hit a foreign company in China since the Rio Tinto affair in 2009, which resulted in four executives, including an Australian, being jailed for between 7-14 years.
China May Seek Extradition of Corrupt Officials from U.S.
The specter of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-graft campaign has in recent months ousted officials of all ranks and even banned authorities from purchasing ostensible symbols of corruption.
Xi’s Corruption Crackdown Hits China's Restaurants
Dirty officials aren’t the only ones getting slammed as Xi Jinping continues his crackdown on corruption and waste. China’s restaurant industry grew 9 percent, to 2.56 trillion yuan ($411 billion), last year, its slowest growth in more than...
Zhou Family Ties
Zhou Yongkang, a member of China’s ruling Politburo Standing Committee from 2007 to 2012, is the subject of one of the highest-level corruption investigations in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Several members of his family, over...
Infographics
03.20.14
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
from EG365The greatest unsolved mystery in China right now is not the disappearance of Malaysian airliner MH370 but the fate...
China Sacks Security Vice-Minister Li Dongsheng
State media say Mr Li was placed under investigation for “serious disciplinary violations”, usually a reference to corruption, in December.
Beijing Official Detained in Investigation of Former Security Chief
The allegations against Liang Ke, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of State Security, involved corruption and his dealings with Zhou Yongkang, the former security chief who has been the main subject of the investigation...