CCP Issues Standards on “Integrity and Self-Restraint”
On October 12, the CCP Central Committee adopted the Chinese Communist Party Standards on...
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Minitrue: Use Only Wire Copy to Report on Audits
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
Su Rong Sacked, Spending Probes Hit State Media
After a recently announced graft probe into Party official Su Rong, Xinhua reports that...
Corruption Crackdown Hangs Over China’s Two Sessions
As the annual “Two Sessions” of China’s National People’s Congress and the...
Fire and Frugality as NPC Opens
As the annual National People’s Congress session kicked off at the Great Hall of the People...
Marshal Message in an Aircraft Carrier Bottle
Sales of Moutai liquor are down since Xi Jinping imposed austerity measures on public spending...
China Warns Officials Against Luxury Funerals
China’s campaign against official austerity has reached into the afterlife with a new notice...
New Rules Aim to Contain Official Extravagance
According to the PEW Research Center, official corruption is considered a “very big...
Past Leaders’ Birthday Celebrations Under Scrutiny
Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Xi Zhongxun, father of current president Xi...
China Vows Austerity; Giant Fish Devours $11 Million
Following a freeze on construction of new government buildings aimed at reining in embarrassingly...
Xi Jinping, Confucius and Austerity
At Foreign Affairs, John Delury writes that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s austerity drive has less to do with macroeconomic policy and GDP growth, as it does in the West, and more to do with the Confucian philosophy of...
Xi Jinping’s Shrewd Maneuvering on Corruption
Although some believe that Xi Jinping’s recent consultation with retired Party leaders on the current leadership’s anti-graft campaign is a sign that incumbents lack the political will to push through reforms in the...
People’s Daily Slams Local Government Spending
The People’s Daily, which building its own new headquarters in Beijing, published an editorial on Monday which criticized local governments for spending public funds on luxurious offices. From Patrick Boehler of the South...
What to Make of Xi Jinping’s PLA?
For Foreign Policy, John Garnaut explores the rise of China’s military and the steps taken by new president Xi Jinping to tighten his grip over it. From Xi’s moves to curb corruption within the People’s...
PLA Starts Vehicle Revamp to Curb Corruption
The Chinese military on Sunday began replacing license plates on its vehicles, a fleet which includes luxury brands, in an attempt to crack down on excess and corruption within the People’s Liberation Army. From The Wall...
Military Brass to Serve Junior Stint Under New Order
Reuters reports that a new directive from president Xi Jinping, aimed at boosting morale within the People’s Liberation Army, will require top military officers to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years: Under...
Slow China Growth Spooks Investors
Hong Kong’s benchmark index fell the most in more than a week on Monday, as the South China Morning Post reports that surprisingly poor economic data out of China drove investors to dump stocks. And while one economist...
Are Xi Jinping’s Austerity Measures Working?
Andrew Jacobs of The New York Times reports that China’s free-spending government elites – and the businesses that cater to them – are feeling the squeeze under new president Xi Jinping’s austerity...
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