Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (33)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Dec 10, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Dec 9, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Sep 28, 2010
Huang Guangyu, the imprisoned former chairman of Gome Electronics, has apparently lost the power struggle to maintain control over the company. From Caixin: Four proposals by Huang Guangyu, the imprisoned founder and the largest...
Sep 6, 2010
Huang Guangyu, the disgraced former chairman of Gome Electronics, has written a farewell letter as he begins his 14 years in prison, the Wall Street Journal reports: The founder of China’s second largest retailer, GOME, wrote a...
Aug 23, 2010
Gome Chairman Chen Xiao speaks with Caixin about Huang Guangyu, investment by Bain Capital, and more: After Huang was detained, I was appointed as acting chairman of the board. At the time, the company was facing great risks as...
Aug 6, 2010
Huang Guangyu, former Chairman of Gome Electronics and China’s richest person who is serving a 14-year prison sentence for bribery and other crimes, is now being sued by his former company. From AP: Gome Electrical...
May 17, 2010
Xinhua released a one sentence story reporting on the 14-year sentence handed down to former Gome Electronics chairman, and one of China’s richest people, Huang Guangyu: Former chairman of Chinese electronics retailer...
Apr 23, 2010
The Guardian reports on the trial of former GOME Electronics chairman Huang Guangyu, who is on trial on bribery charges: Chinese media have said that Huang has disputed evidence relating to the insider trading charges. His...
Apr 21, 2010
BBC reports on the trial of Huang Guangyu, one of China’s richest men: Canny investments in property helped him build a fortune estimated to be between $2.7bn (£1.72bn) and $6.3bn at the time of his arrest. In 2008 he...
Feb 15, 2010
Billionaire Huang Guangyu, charged with bribery and insider trading, will soon stand trial: He was arrested on suspicion of share manipulation in November 2008, a month after he had been labelled China’s richest man. He...
Dec 24, 2009
From Reuters: Huang Guangyu, once China’s richest man before falling from grace for alleged stock market manipulation, is being investigated on suspicion of committing new crimes, Beijing prosecutors said on Thursday....
Oct 24, 2009
Zhou Ruijin, former deputy editor-in-chief of People’s Daily and Jiefang Daily, known also under nom de plume Huang Fuping, writes in Caijing about the risks China is exposed to by aligning itself with special interest...
Sep 8, 2009
The Financial Times gives an update on the case against tycoon Huang Guangyu, who is being investigated both in Hong Kong and on the mainland. The court in Hong Kong is having difficulty proceeding with the case as access to...
Sep 3, 2009
The New York Times writes about several recent high-profile corruption cases in China: Chinese authorities say the arrests are part of the Communist Party’s latest anticorruption campaign — and they include the arrest last month...
Jun 17, 2009
From AFP: China has launched a sweeping crackdown on graft in the boom city of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, seeking to rein in unruly officials and soothe public anger over high-level vice, analysts said. The campaign,...
Jun 8, 2009
From BBC News: The mayor of China’s southern boom town of Shenzhen, Xu Zongheng, is being questioned as part of a corruption investigation, state media has said. He is the latest official to be caught up in an...
Jun 6, 2009
The Straits Times reports that the mayor of Shenzhen is being investigated for his ties to disgraced businessman Huang Guangyu: Xu Zongheng had been put under shuanggui – a form of detention imposed on party officials,...
Apr 29, 2009
Wu Zhong of the Asia Times reports on the wide reach of corruption in last year’s Gome case: It was inevitable in today’s China that some corrupt officials would be exposed as the result of an investigation into a...