Minitrue: Delete Article on Suicide of Bank President
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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General Being Investigated for Bribery Kills Himself
Zhang Yang, the former head of the Central Military Commission’s political work...
Spate Of Official Suicides Sparks Debate
Simon Denyer at The Washington Post reports on speculation that several officials who apparently...
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...
Family Claim Chinese Deputy Mayor was Murdered by Corrupt Officials
The Guardian takes a look at the case of Yang Kuansheng, the deputy mayor of Wugang, Hunan, who died from an apparent suicide last year but whose wife suspects he was actually the victim of murder: Her lawyer said the family had...
China Says Quake School Toll Misreported (Updated)
According to recently released statistics about the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, more than 19,000 people died in schools that collapsed in the disaster. From Reuters: The deaths of children, many buried under ruins of shoddily...
Yang Tao: How Much Did The Department Chief Who Jumped To His Death ‘Bequeath’?
From the Nanfang Daily, translated by Dr. David Kelly, China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney: It has been confirmed to me by authoritative channels that on August 2, Wu Jianping, Chief of the Food Production...
Suicide of Probed Food Regulator Reported
Caijing magazine reports that Wu Jianping, who was in charge of regulating food safety, committed suicide after meeting with party discipline officials: Wu Jianping, 42, had headed the Department of Supervision on Food...
Suicide Official Expelled from the Party – Josie Liu
The Communist Party has decided to expel Tianjin official Song Pingshun, nearly a month after he committed suicide. From China in Transition blog: Corruptions of Mr. Song were confirmed by the disciplinary commission of the Party, including keeping mistress and abusing his power to gain illegitimate benefits for his mistress, Xinhua reported. He committed suicide […]
Bad News on Friday – Black and White Cat
The Black and White Cat blog (via ESWN) points out that the details about the apparent suicide of a Tianjin official are less than clear, and that Xinhua followed its standard operating procedure by releasing the news close to midnight on Friday: By now, everyone appears to agree that Song Pingshun, the chairman of the […]
Suicide of Zhejiang official met with shock – SCMP
From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: An official in charge of economic development in Zhejiang, the mainland’s richest province, has jumped to his death from his office building amid an investigation by the provincial anti-graft watchdog. Shi Jiuwu, director of the provincial Development and Reform Commission, is the latest in a series […]
Hunan deputy governor tries to kill himself amid corruption probe – Irene Wang and Ivan Zhai
From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A deputy governor of Hunan apparently tried to kill himself at his home in Changsha last week after being questioned by inspectors from Beijing, making him the most senior official in the country to attempt suicide. Sources said Zheng Maoqing, 60, had been admitted to hospital […]
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