An investigation into Hangzhou’s Party chief by the CCP’s powerful internal anti-corruption watchdog may be tied to Alibaba’s ongoing political woes. Over the weekend, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
In interviews with New York-based Mingjing News last month, Chinese real estate tycoon Guo Wengui...
Following reports that Chinese-born Canadian citizen and Hong Kong permanent resident Xiao...
The Wall Street Journal’s Wei Gu reports that some of China’s wealthy increasingly...
At The New York Times, David Barboza and Michael Forsythe tell the story of Xiao Jianhua, a...
Reuters reports that Chen Guangbiao (aka Chen Ditan—”low-carbon Chen”), the...
The Global Times looks at a new report from Hurun and GroupM Knowledge which shows that, amid an...
David Barboza’s investigation of the wealth built by Wen Jiabao’s extended family has dominated China news since its publication by The New York Times early on Friday. While the basic fact that wealth and power go...
Lei Jun (雷军), founder and major shareholder of Xiaomi Tech (小米科技) [zh], has just joined the ranks of Chinese billionaires. Now worth an estimated $4 billion, the company was founded in 2010, and released the Xiaomi Phone –...
Chinese tycoon Huang Nubo plans to buy a large tract of north-eastern Iceland, enhancing the wilderness with a hotel, golf course, horse farm and race track (see a video report at The Financial Times). The purchase set The New...
The rich are getting richer in China, according to the most recent Hurun Rich List. From the Telegraph: China now has the second most billionaires in the world, after the United States with more than 400. “The numbers are...
The Seattle Times describes the efforts of Yang Lan, one of several “Chinese Oprahs”, to build a US-style culture of philanthropy among China’s rich: China is second only to the U.S. in the number of...
Xinhua reports the executions for corruption of the former vice mayors of Hangzhou and Suzhou: Xu Maiyong, a former vice mayor of the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, was convicted of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of...
Evan Osnos’ Letter from China at The New Yorker accuses authorities of “papering over” enormous and growing inequality, rather than taking serious steps to address it. A couple of months ago, the Beijing...
While Beijing extends a helping hand to Japan, the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report describes the private relief efforts of one of China’s richest men: Chen Guangbiao, a 42-year-old billionaire and chief executive of...
According to Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest people, the booming economies of Russia, China, India and Brazil have resulted in the continual increase in the number of billionaires within each...
This Saturday, China’s legislative body, the National People’s Congress, will convene to discuss and formalize China’s new Five Year Plan. But who are China’s Congress members? It may or may not be...
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
