The Chinese Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into a Politburo member who was once seen as a contender for a top leadership post, state media reported Monday. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is investigating Sun Zhengcai, who until a week ago was party chief in the major city of Chongqing, for … Read more
China’s ex-statistics chief was jailed for life on Wednesday for accepting 153 million yuan ($22.4 million) worth of bribes, becoming the latest senior official to be convicted in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign. Wang Baoan, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, was also found guilty of using his position to help others with … Read more
In the midst of China’s Cultural Revolution, a 14-year-old coal miner bought a yellowing, torn copy of Honore de Balzac’s biography from a book collector on the side of the street. He became engrossed in the text, and dreamt from then on that he would devote his life to literature — to become, as Balzac … Read more
Chairman for the Elections Review Committee tasked to review the factors that led to the defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Kwesi Botchwey has hinted that they will consult with former president and founder, Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, the former president is an important figure in the party and it will … Read more
Introduction After the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a new round of anti-corruption campaign has been going on. With almost fifty provincial officials, more than 600 director-level officials and more than 200,000 petty officials snared, this campaign is being conducted in a harsh way on a large scale. More importantly, as … Read more
The gray, concrete building looms over the street in central Beijing. Completely unmarked aside from a street number, its entrance is buttressed by barriers and fencing. Inside lies an organization that strikes terror into the hearts of some of China’s most powerful people, and oversees a sprawling network of secret prison where experts say torture … Read more
China’s most-wanted corruption suspect returned to China from the United States on Wednesday after turning herself in, a major victory for the ruling Communist Party’s overseas hunt for fugitive officials. Yang Xiuzhu, a former deputy director of Wenzhou’s construction bureau in the booming eastern province of Zhejiang, surrendered to Chinese authorities after spending 13 years … Read more
A graft fugitive who had been on the run for 15 years returned to China Saturday to turn himself in, according to the Communist Party of China’s disciplinary watchdog. Yan Yongming, 47, who was the former chairman of the pharmaceutical company Tonghua Golden-horse in northeast China’s Jilin Province, had been hiding in Australia and New … Read more
Anti-graft teams have been deployed in 19 provincial-level regions or agencies to uncover corruption, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said in a statement Thursday. The inspection, the third round this year, will target 27 Party organizations, including those of the Party Literature Research Office of the CPC … Read more
A high-level Chinese police official has been elected president of Interpol, the international police organisation, angering rights advocates concerned over abuses and lack of transparency within China’s legal system. Meng Hongwei, vice public security minister, was named on Thursday as the first Chinese to hold the post at the Interpol general assembly on the Indonesian … Read more
As China announced the appointment of a new finance minister on Monday, analysts said major fiscal policies will not change and the country can use more policy tools to help anchor its economic growth. Xiao Jie, a former tax chief and deputy finance minister, is the new minister, according to a decision passed at a … Read more
A Chinese corruption suspect who has been at large for three years has been repatriated from Ghana to China, the Communist Party of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement on Sunday. Zhao Ruheng, who was one of China’s 100 most-wanted fugitives, was returned thanks to “close cooperation” between the judicial, … Read more