CCP Issues Standards on “Integrity and Self-Restraint”
On October 12, the CCP Central Committee adopted the Chinese Communist Party Standards on...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 23, 2015
On October 12, the CCP Central Committee adopted the Chinese Communist Party Standards on...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 27, 2014
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 25, 2014
After a recently announced graft probe into Party official Su Rong, Xinhua reports that...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 5, 2014
As the annual “Two Sessions” of China’s National People’s Congress and the...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 4, 2014
As the annual National People’s Congress session kicked off at the Great Hall of the People...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 24, 2014
Sales of Moutai liquor are down since Xi Jinping imposed austerity measures on public spending...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 20, 2013
China’s campaign against official austerity has reached into the afterlife with a new notice...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 12, 2013
According to the PEW Research Center, official corruption is considered a “very big...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 17, 2013
Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Xi Zhongxun, father of current president Xi...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 13, 2013
Following a freeze on construction of new government buildings aimed at reining in embarrassingly...
by Scott Greene | Aug 8, 2013
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...
by Cindy | Jul 12, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | May 13, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 29, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 28, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 23, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 15, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Mar 28, 2013
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...