A bulletin from Shanghai Daily that could hardly be shorter reveals the latest high-profile leader to get caught up in the anti-corruption fever (stay tuned for its potential connection with Chen Liangyu downfall): Chen Chaoxian, vice Party secretary and governor of Shanghai’s Changning District, is under investigation for his suspected involvement in a severe breach […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian has rejected corruption allegations against him and refused to step down despite mounting pressure. “The charges are unacceptable,” Mr Chen said, as thousands of people rallied in Taipei to demand his resignation. On Friday, prosecutors said they had enough evidence to charge Mr Chen with corruption – although […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese and African leaders wrapped up their biggest summit since the founding of Communist China in 1949 on Sunday, signing deals worth $1.9 billion as Beijing builds its influence in the resource-rich continent. The deals, signed between 12 Chinese firms and African governments and companies, followed Chinese President Hu Jintao‘s pledge on Saturday […]
Read MoreHow to catch a cadre in the act of being bribed? It’s a popular question in the Chinese papers in these lascivious times. Here, from yesterday’s China Youth Daily, is the rosy story of peasants in Guangxi province who pulled off the perfect set-up (link). The villagers of Huleitun, in the autonomous Zhuang minority region, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via China Environmental News Digest: Nearly 1,000 lakes have disappeared over the past 50 years, an average rate of 20 lakes lost each year, said Zhu Guangyao, Vice Minister of State Environmental Protection Administration of China, on Wednesday. Zhu revealed the figure at the the 11th International Living Lakes Conference held […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A provincial vice-governor has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from office for taking bribes and abusing power, the latest casualty of a nationwide crackdown on corruption. The Beijing Times said on Sunday that the party’s anti-graft Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had found He Minxu (‰ΩïÈóΩÊó≠), vice-governor […]
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Read MoreIt reads like Hong Kong’s “Infernal Affairs (Êó†Èó¥ÈÅì)” movie script, or that of U.S. copycat “The Departed,” but this story may well be true, heart-wrenching and hair-bristling. If time again hammers down its judgment, presumably soon, the lead character, Liaoning Provincial Discipline Committee Party Secretary Wang Weizhong (ËæΩÂÆÅÁúÅÁ∫™Âßî‰π¶ËÆ∞ÁéãÂî؉ºó), may reinforce Li Xinde’s claim to be […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Shuttling from one table to another, they sweep up whatever food is left on the table in Beijing’s restaurants. They are the ‘Leftover Clan,’ writes Beijing Morning Post on Tuesday. “It’s a matter of preserving food.There’s no shame in it at all,” said Lao Liu (alias), a Beijing native who has been […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s most famous fugitive has spoken publicly for the first time about his relationship with a senior member of the Chinese politburo, Jia Qinglin, a controversial figure whose family has long fended off corruption allegations. The fugitive, Lai Changxing, is fighting extradition from exile in Canada where he fled in 1999 after […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The rule of Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s president, was plunged into uncertainty on Friday as prosecutors charged his wife with corruption and said they had evidence that he had abused his office for financial gain. The Taiwan High Court Prosecutors’ Office indicted Wu Shu-chen, the first lady, on charges of corruption, perjury and […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Preserving the right to be a mother or pocketing a decent salary is the dilemma facing China’s white collar pregnant working women. A 33-year-old woman surnamed Luo who was employed by a Hong Kong based company as a marketing director filed a lawsuit against her employers after she was fired because she […]
Read MoreIn The Observer, David Smith reports from the U.N.-sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Athens: This time there was no hiding place. Countries accused of turning the internet into a tool of repression – and the companies accused of helping them do it – were confronted with the full force of international condemnation at a special […]
Read MoreSeeing this video doesn’t remind you of the “harmonious society” the Chinese new leadership is vowing to build. But the harmoniousness of the People’s Liberation Army’s parade for China’s 50-year anniversary is nothing but extraordinary. Miss some faces of old Chinese leaders like Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji and Li Peng? Here there are a couple […]
Read MoreFrom Chinadialogue: Pan Yue, deputy director of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration, sparked debate with his recent essay On Socialist Ecological Civilisation. Here, he tells Zhou Jigang about the global inequalities that threaten China’s environment. [Full Text]
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