Photo: Chen Liangyu before downfall
Chen Liangyu visiting Qingpu District education bureau via qp.edu.sh.cn
Read MorePosted by Michael Zhao | Oct 5, 2006
Chen Liangyu visiting Qingpu District education bureau via qp.edu.sh.cn
Read MorePosted by Mo Ming | Oct 5, 2006
Liu Hongwei, Assistant Minister of Finance and former head of Bureau of Finance of Shanghai, is under the investigation of the Central Committee of Discipline Inspection, Taiwan newspaper China Times said. Liu is not only a good accountant, but is also a good dancer. She used to be the accountant and dancing partner of former […]
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Jun 5, 2013
Former mayor of Beijing Chen Xitong died on Sunday morning, but news of his death did not emerge until two days later, on the 24th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown which he oversaw. From South China Morning Post: Chen...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Aug 4, 2008
From Shanghai Daily: The son of Shanghai’s former Party chief Chen Liangyu was jailed for three years in Tianjin yesterday, with four years’ probation, over his involvement in the infamous Shanghai pension-fund...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Sep 25, 2007
From Caijing Magazine: Six more former officials involved in the massive Shanghai pension fund scandal were pronounced guilty on September 25. Qin Yu, former chief of Shanghai’s Baoshan District and a major aide of former Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu, was ruled life imprisonment by an intermediate court in Jilin Province. Sun Luyi, former deputy […]
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Aug 13, 2007
From Caijing Magazine: In an apartment in the Luwan district of Shanghai, an old couple has saved a well-worn newspaper dated July 27, 2007. The headline reads, “China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Answers Reporters on Chen Liangyu’s Serious Violation of Principles.” “We know nothing more than what was printed in the paper,” said the […]
Read MorePosted by Mo Ming | Dec 6, 2006
From The Christian Science Monitor: High-level criminal charges on both sides of the Taiwan Strait illustrate how the two countries manage corruption. As recent corruption scandals have ensnared top politicians on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the differences between democratically ruled Taiwan’s approach to corruption and mainland China’s have been on graphic display in […]
Read MorePosted by Michael Zhao | Oct 2, 2006
From EastSouthWestNorth blog: Recently, I read somewhere a study in which it was reported that 95% of convicted corrupt government/party officials were found to keep mistresses (one or more). So when Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu fell from grace, it is natural to ask: How many mistresses? And who are they? The first rumor referred […]
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Speculation that Xi Jinping may be aiming to defy his conventional 10-year term limit has been...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 5, 2015
In the latest missive in the war on corruption, officials in Shanghai have issued new regulations...
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