China Set to Reduce Scope of Death Penalty
The AP reports that China’s National People’s Congress is likely to roll back the...
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Sensitive: Rumors on PLA Singer Song Zuying, More
As of July 15, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Bo Xilai: One Day My Name Will Be Cleared
Jinan Intermediate People’s court has announced that it will deliver a verdict on fallen...
Bo Xilai Charge Linked to Jiang Zemin Holiday Home
South China Morning Post reports that the five million yuan embezzlement charge against Bo Xilai,...
Bo Xilai Trial: Reactions
The long-awaited trial of fallen Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai for bribery, embezzlement and...
Bo Xilai Trial: Liveblog
The long-awaited trial of fallen Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power concluded on Monday after five days, three more than expected. The date of the verdict’s announcement has yet to...
Bo Trial a Pivotal Moment for Economic Reform
As the erasure of Bo Xilai’s legacy continues and his trial for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power looms, Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard report that division over Bo’s fate may be holding back economic and...
How to Photograph a Chinese Official
Chinese officials’ sensitivity about appearance has only intensified since sharp-eyed netizens started bringing down officials caught wearing—or even not wearing—luxury watches and other incriminating baubles. Such visible...
Coin of Realm in China Graft: Phony Receipts
The New York Times’ David Barboza describes China’s booming trade in fake fapiao tax receipts: To begin to comprehend China’s vast underground economy, one need only visit this city’s major transportation depots and...
Sources: Bo Xilai to Plead Guilty
Sources tell Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard of Reuters that disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai has agreed to plead guilty at a trial likely to take place within a few weeks: “Bo Xilai had initially...
Bo Xilai Charged With Bribery, Embezzlement, Abuse of Power
Fallen Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai was formally charged on Thursday, Xinhua reports: The indictment paper was delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate People’s Court on Thursday. Bo, as a civil servant, took the...
Bo Xilai Trial Soon, Again
Former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai will soon stand trial, according to South China Morning Post’s Keith Zhai and Choi Chi-yuk, to face charges including embezzling five million yuan and accepting bribes amounting...
Misused Funds In Government Construction Projects
Xinhua reports that a top auditor in China found that 5.8 billion yuan (US$943 million) for low-income housing had been embezzled in the past year: The goal of the project construction was reached as governmentshave allocated...
Bo Xilai Trial May, May Not Start Monday
The South China Morning Post has poured lukewarm water on earlier reports, originating in state media, that the trial of fallen Chongqing Party Chief Bo Xilai will begin on Monday. When asked by reporters, a spokesman for...
Whistleblowing Retired Official Dies in Custody
A retired official in Hunan was cast into the Party’s notorious shuanggui disciplinary system in August after accusing his successor of embezzling public funds. A month later, Wang Zhongping was dead, and his family...
City Party Chief Fled with Money
Wang Guoqiang, former party chief of a city in northeast China’s Liaoning province, has fled to the United States with his family members and, reportedly, with millions of dollars too. From BBC: Local officials said Mr...
China Targets Corruption With Expense Crackdown
Melinda Liu of the Daily Beast reports on China’s crackdown on “naked officials” leaking embezzled funds overseas. At least $50 billion is thought to have left the country this way between 1978 and 2003,...
Flee China, Jailed Ng Tells Wife
Australian businessman Matthew Ng lost his appeal in China and has been sentenced to 11.5 years in prison on charges of embezzlement and corruption. Upon hearing his sentence, Ng, founder of Et-China travel company, told his...
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