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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Xi Jinping targets deterrence and discipline in PLA Rocket Force inspection

The president visits a brigade in Anhui province, urging them to adapt to new forms of warfare.

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PLA Rocket Force scientist loses political advisory post in corruption crackdown

12 Oct 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

Tang Yijun, China’s ex-justice chief, faces graft charges, expelled from party

8 Oct 2024 - 6:30PMvideocam

China throws the book: more corruption suspects hit with illicit reading claims

Growing number of disgraced officials being accused by anti-corruption agencies of reading forbidden books, cited as disloyalty to the party.

7 Oct 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

Allegations of reading politically forbidden books have appeared in at least a dozen corruption case readouts this year in China. Photo: Shutterstock

Why do so many Chinese officials fall for fake promises of political charlatans?

Party insiders who should know better are being targeted by tricksters claiming connections and influence, despite crackdowns.

4 Oct 2024 - 6:00AMvideocam

China’s anti-corruption watchdog on track to top 2023 ‘tigers’ record

Four officials held over past fortnight take total to highest for January to September, one short of the record 45 for the whole of 2023.

1 Oct 2024 - 6:21PMvideocam

China ICBM test a sign PLA Rocket Force stands ready despite corruption scandals

Analysts say ballistic missile launch may be aimed at proving ‘credibility’ and combat ability of PLA division swept up in anti-graft probe.

26 Sep 2024 - 10:40PMvideocam

The PLA Rocket Force launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in China’s first known ICBM test in 44 years. Photo: AFP / Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre

Player lifts lid on match-fixing in Chinese football: ‘there was no escaping it’

Player, who is in his mid-30s, lifts lid on corruption and says clubs in China second tier would deliberately lose on weekly basis.

23 Sep 2024 - 1:53PM

Deputy commander of China’s army among 5 stripped of lawmaker status in probe

Deng Zhiping, hailed after Vietnam border clashes in ’70s and ’80s, is latest to fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.

14 Sep 2024 - 2:16PMvideocam

Striker Ewolo proclaims innocence in China match-fixing, says police cleared him

Donovan Ewolo was handed a five-year ban from Chinese football in relation to his time with China League One side Heilongjiang Ice City.

11 Sep 2024 - 2:18PM

Zhejiang Professional’s Donovan Ewolo (right) battles for the ball with a Guangzhou player during a Chinese Super League fixture in 2022 Photo: Xinhua

China to ban ex-regulators from IPO investments for up to 10 years

The change is part of a wider crackdown on corruption to bolster flagging investor confidence in China’s US$8 trillion stock market.

9 Sep 2024 - 4:38PM

A Chinese national flag flies outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission building in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Chinese legal community asks: where is the line on death penalty for corruption?

Inner Mongolia court dismisses appeal by party official who pleaded guilty to pocketing more than US$422 million and was sentenced to death.

8 Sep 2024 - 6:46PMvideocam

Opinion | Beijing sends a signal on Macau governance, anti-corruption focus

The apparent anointment of judge Sam Hou-fai to follow Ho Iat-seng as chief executive puts to rest any remaining illusions over the political influence of the city’s four dynasties.

2 Sep 2024 - 5:30AMvideocam

New China’s Communist Party rules will regulate faith, loyalty and performance

Regulations target members who are not guilty of serious breaches but ‘lack revolutionary spirit’ or fail to pay membership fees on time.

30 Aug 2024 - 3:27PMvideocam

China’s new Communist Party rules comprise 27 articles that define lesser breaches for members that might be met with discipline or expulsion. Photo: Reuters

Liu Jin resigns as Bank of China’s president for ‘personal reason’

The move came as a surprise as Liu, born in 1967, has yet to reach the official retirement age of 60 years for men.

26 Aug 2024 - 4:59PM

Liu Jin, President of Bank of China, during the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong’s Central district on 2 November 2022. Photo: Sam Tsang.

PLA Rocket Force bans 3 universities from procurement process over ‘bid-rigging’

Chinese military branch at centre of anti-corruption crackdown says the universities cannot take part in procurement activities until August 2027.

23 Aug 2024 - 10:30PMvideocam

As China celebrates Deng Xiaoping’s legacy, the country is again at a crossroads

Deng and his ‘true heir’ Xi Jinping differ in strategies and approaches, but closer examination reveals many core similarities.

27 Aug 2024 - 11:57AMvideocam

China intensifies money-laundering crackdown, targets crypto, online coins

China’s highest judicial bodies on Monday made 13 revisions to its money-laundering law.

20 Aug 2024 - 7:48PMvideocam

A man plays the online game World of Warcraft at an internet cafe in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Chinese cartoon campaign warns village clans against hindering Communist Party

Official social media post declares that clans form a ‘state within a state’, with potential for negative social effects.

20 Aug 2024 - 2:55PMvideocam

Chinese football corruption crackdown nets 2 more top officials

Football has taken centre stage as high-profile sports officials are investigated and sentenced over bribery and match-fixing scandals.

19 Aug 2024 - 5:25PMvideocam

No bold moves: China’s wide anti-corruption net has officials afraid to innovate

China’s leadership urged to introduce new incentives for local officials who are now playing it safe in the face of anti-graft measures.

17 Aug 2024 - 3:49PMvideocam

China’s crackdown on PLA corruption exposes ‘insular’ culture, rampant bribery

Analysts say there’s more to come given that graft has long been rampant, the rapid build-up of the PLA, and its ‘insular’ culture.

8 Aug 2024 - 9:02AM

China’s anti-graft squads target funeral officials making a killing from the dead

Multiple funeral parlours have come under investigation in a state-run industry with a reputation for opaque pricing.

6 Aug 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

Former Chinese provincial party chief Luo Baoming faces corruption probe

Official who helped transform Hainan into strategic and economic hub in the South China Sea is being probed for ‘violations of party discipline and the law’.

26 Jul 2024 - 8:27PMvideocam

China trains sights on vast finance sector with new anti-corruption body

CCDI makes announcement following third plenum goal to ‘bring all financial activities under supervision’.

23 Jul 2024 - 3:29PMvideocam

Wang Weidong, 56, former anti-corruption chief in Tibet, has been announced as party secretary of the new “Central Financial Discipline Inspection and Supervision Working Commission”. Photo: Weibo/人世间一迷途小书虫

China’s Communist Party eyes cross-border bribery law to fill anti-graft gaps

Top leadership calls for legislation to help Beijing pursue corrupt officials and economic criminals who have fled overseas.

19 Jul 2024 - 9:44PMvideocam

Communist Party Central Committee member Shen Chunyao says enacting the cross-border bribery law is among the “important legislative tasks” outlined in a soon-to-be-released document following this week’s third plenum. Photo: Simon Song

China’s Communist Party sticks to painful reform playbook to target risks

Party elite offer no quick fixes as they wrap up a key meeting to determine long-term strategy in an increasingly uncertain world.

19 Jul 2024 - 5:33PMvideocam

China announces corruption investigation into another PLA Rocket Force general

Communique at the end of the third plenum states that Sun Jinming, chief of staff of the PLA’s Rocket Force, was expelled from the party.

18 Jul 2024 - 9:25PM

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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Xi Jinping, Chinese president and general secretary of the Communist Party, launched in 2012 a high-profile campaign targeting party, government, military and state-owned company officials suspected of corruption. The campaign has led to the investigation and prosecution of hundreds of officials across the country.

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9 September, 2024