Tag: Bo Xilai

Zhou Yongkang: Last Tiger In Xi’s Crosshairs?

The Atlantic’s Matt Schiavenza argues that politics (not corruption) best explains the downfall of China’s ex-security chief, Zhou Yongkang, who awaits a formal indictment under house arrest after authorities seized $14.5 billion in assets from his friends and associates who have been ensnared in a widening graft probe: But despite the scale of the case against Zhou and his network, his downfall may have little to do with corruption at all. In the end,

April 3, 2014 9:30 PM

Government Seizes $14.5B From Zhou Yongkang’s Associates

Chinese authorities have seized “at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and associates of retired domestic security

March 30, 2014 5:54 PM

Sina Weibo IPO Lays Bare Censorship Burden

Despite talk of its precipitous decline, “China’s Twitter” Sina Weibo is aiming for a U.S. stock market launch. The Wall Street

March 18, 2014 2:11 AM

China in House of Cards, and House of Cards in China

SPOILERS FOLLOW! The second season of Netflix’s political drama House of Cards, released in one fell relationship-straining swoop on

February 20, 2014 3:32 PM

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