From Caijing Magazine: On April 4, the gavel came down for the sentencing of Chen Liangyu. This former member of the Politburo and one-time Shanghai party secretary will spend 18 years in prison after being found guilty of...
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The first hearing of the city’s former Party secretary Chen Liangyu, who was axed for corruption two years ago, has concluded in Tianjin, the media reported Thursday. At the hearing, 62-year-old Chen, the...
Read MoreFrom Boxun, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: At the end of July 2006, following the placing of Shanghai Social Security Bureau director Zhu Junyi under “double regulations,” (technical note: the person must make an...
Read More…I cannot imagine that in fifteen years, I could manage not to ever visit the adoptive mother who reared me from a young age. Or that after becoming the supreme leader of the country, that I would not go in person to sweep the graves of my own father and mother, and instead would have […]
Read MoreWhen the sun rises, it shines first on the East. It doesn’t shine on the East and the West at once. That’s another scientific observation from ex-Shanghai party secretary Cheng Liangyu, according to a memo purporting to be the Xinhua news agency’s internal collection of some of his most self-compromising remarks. See Biganzi’s previous post […]
Read MoreOne more rippling effect of the downfall of the former Shanghai boss: Vice chairman and president of Shanghai-listed Haixin Group ” one of China’s largest plush manufacturers and producer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics mascots — is cooperating with the authorities regarding an investigation into his violation of disciplinary rules, according to a company statement. […]
Read MoreSouhouxiaobao posted an article from Hong Kong magazine Dongxiang on a report that the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection recently submitted to the central Party leaders. It’s the fourth report on the Shanghai corruption Investigation. Please note that CDT has not yet been able to independently confirm the charges in the Dongxiang report, but it […]
Read MoreThe Chinese Communist Party ended its sixth plenary session meeting on Wednesday in Beijing without mentioning Chen Liangyu and the Shanghai pension fund scandal that brought him down. This is surprising as before the meeting, it was widely expected that Hu Jintao would announce the sentence on Chen. The meeting also shied away from announcing […]
Read MoreFrom the China Elections and Governance website: These days it does not need a pundit to tell us that corruption, if not controlled, is a serious matter endangering China’s stability and long-term economic development. Barely a day goes by without hearing a corruption scandal erupting here or there. All told, the Chinese Communist Party in […]
Read MoreThe 6th Plenary Session of 16th CPC Central Committee Conference will be held on Oct 8 in Beijing. The conference will release the investigation report on Chen Liangyu, former CPC Shanghai chief who was sacked for economic scandals, said Taiwan newspaper United Daily (ËÅîÂêàÊä•). The meeting will also decide Chen’s sentence. The meeting will determine […]
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