27 MARCH 2019
China expels ex-Interpol chief from Communist Party
While Chinese authorities accuse former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei of taking bribes, his high-profile disappearance has raised concerns about the reach President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-graft campaign
https://www.dw.com/en/china-expels-ex-interpol-chief-from-communist-party/a-48076055
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/155/8/83/1553695249171.html?newsId=66045
20 FEBRUARY 2019
China’s former military chief of staff Fang Fenghui jailed for life for corruption
Fang Fenghui, who was appointed to the top post in People’s Liberation Army in 2012, was convicted of accepting and offering bribes, and having an unclear source of a huge amount of assets, the news agency Xinhua reported
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/20/chinas-former-military-chief-of-staff-jailed-for-life-for-corruption
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47306275
https://www.dw.com/en/top-chinese-general-jailed-for-life-for-graft/a-47601110
27 DECEMBER 2018
Ex-China spymaster Ma Jian jailed for life over corruption
Ex-China spymaster Ma Jian was jailed for life over corruption, a court in northeastern China announced Thursday
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/27/ex-china-spymaster-ma-jian-jailed-life-corruption/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46692071
http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/china/9/20181227/228459.html
26 DECEMBER 2018
Former Sinochem general manager Cai Xiyou jailed for 12 years for corruption; latest official to fall in China’s crackdown
A Chinese court has found Cai Xiyou, the former general manager of state-owned Sinochem Group, one of the world’s largest chemical conglomerates, guilty of corruption on Wednesday, sentencing him to 12 years in prison
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2179571/former-sinochem-general-manager-cai-xiyou-jailed-12-years
15 DECEMBER 2015
Xi Jinping declares ‘overwhelming victory’ over graft
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared an “overwhelming victory” in his fight against graft within the ruling Chinese Communist Party, while still vowing that the campaign to weed out deep-seated corruption will continue, state media reported
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-jinping-declares-overwhelming-victory-over-graft-china-state-media
https://www.asiapacificstar.com/news/258602704/china-declares-victory-of-graft-within-ruling-communist-party
16 OCTOBER 2018
Former Chinese military chief of staff expelled from CPC
The expulsion of Fang Fenghui, former member of CMC and former chief of staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department, was approved by the CPC Central Committee
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/91/8/24/1539702587761.html?newsId=50973
https://www.newdelhitimes.com/china-party-expels-general-who-killed-self-indicts-another/
30 JULY 2018
China’s prosecutors charge former top internet censor with corruption
China’s former internet tsar Lu Wei has been charged with taking a “huge amount” of bribes, the top prosecutor’s office announced on Monday
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157427/chinas-prosecutors-charge-former-top-internet-censor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45009047
8 MAY 2018
China: Former political star Sun Zhengcai sentenced to life
A former senior Communist Party official who was once tipped to become the future president of China has been sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery on Tuesday
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/china-political-star-sun-zhengcai-sentenced-life-180508094311537.html
http://time.com/5269033/china-sun-zhengcai-prison-life-corruption/
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/jailed-05082018104453.html
9 JANUARY 2018
Chinese military to prosecute former top general for graft
State-run news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday that former chief of joint staff Fang Fenghui was suspected of taking and giving bribes and would be handed over to military prosecutors
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2127513/chinese-military-prosecute-former-top-general-graft
15 OCTOBER 2017
China expels former justice minister Wu Aiying from party for graft
Wu Aiying, 65, was justice minister from 2005 until February this year, according to her official resume, and one of only a handful of senior female officials in China
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/china/china-expels-former-justice-minister-from-party-for-graft-1.2106081
24 JULY 2017
Ex-Chongqing Communist Party boss Sun Zhengcai under investigation for corruption
The former Chongqing Communist Party boss, Sun Zhengcai, once considered a top contender for a role in China’s next leadership line-up, is under investigation by the party’s top anti-graft agency, state-run Xinhua reported on Monday
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2103907/ex-chongqing-communist-party-boss-under-investigation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170724_32/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/25/china-future-president-ousted-xi-jinping-iron-discipline-sun-zhengcai
14 JUNE 2017
Chairman of China’s Anbang Insurance reportedly detained
The chairman of an influential Chinese insurance company has stepped down after domestic media reported that he had been detained as authorities pursue a sweeping campaign against alleged corruption in the financial industry
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/14/chinese-tycoon-reportedly-caught-up-anti-corruption-crackdown-wu-xiaohui-anbang
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40269462
26 JANUARY 2017
Can China be the next anti-corruption success story, after Hong Kong and Singapore?
Tony Kwok says Beijing’s plan to set up a super agency to combat the scourge is a big step in the right direction, and shows it is adopting best practices from elsewhere
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2065298/can-china-be-next-anti-corruption-success-story-after-hong
29 DECEMBER 2016
China’s senior general Wang Jianping being investigated for bribery
A Chinese general is being investigated for suspected bribery, the defence ministry said on Thursday (Dec 29), a man connected to the jailed former domestic security chief and one of the most senior incumbent military officials to be targeted for graft
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-senior-general-wang-jianping-being-investigated-for-bribery
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2057961/chinas-defence-ministry-confirms-probe-leading-general
28 OCTOBER 2016
Chinese Communist Party expels two former senior military officials over alleged graft
Fan Changmi was previously the political commissar for the Lanzhou Military Area Command, while Niu Zhizhong was formerly a deputy commander of the People’s Armed Police
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2041082/communist-party-expels-two-former-senior-military
9 OCTOBER 2016
Former Communist Party boss of Yunnan Bai Enpei province to spend life behind bars
A former Communist Party boss of Yunnan province has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, the harshest penalty imposed on a senior official arrested since President Xi Jinping launched his anti-graft drive in late 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2026549/former-communist-party-boss-yunnan-province-spend-life
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-10/former-china-party-boss-sentenced-to-death-with-reprieve/7917048?section=world
30 SEPTEMBER 2016
China jails former Communist Party chief of Guangzhou Wan Qingliang for corruption
A Chinese court has jailed for life Wan Qingliang, former Communist Party boss of the southern city of Guangzhou, after finding him guilty of corruption
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2016-09-30/china-jails-former-communist-party-chief-of-guangzhou-wan-qingliang-for-corruption/1622270
7 SEPTEMBER 2016
Luxury clubs closed in China amid graft crackdown
Scores of luxury clubs in China have been forced to shut down or downgrade, media said, as Beijing’s anti-corruption drive continues to bite
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/07/luxury-clubs-closed-in-china-amid-graft-crackdown/
25 JULY 2016
Chinese Gen Guo Boxiong sentenced to life for corruption
Guo Boxiong, once head of a powerful military committee, has been sentenced for life for taking ‘massive’ bribes. He is the highest military figure to be jailed as part of President Xi’s fervent corruption campaign
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36883608
http://www.dw.com/en/former-chinese-military-leader-sentenced-for-life-in-corruption-case/a-19425788
4 JULY 2016
Ling Jihua, former Chinese presidential aide of Hu Jintao, sentenced to life in prison
Ling Jihua, the one-time top aide to former president Hu Jintao, has been sentenced to life in prison for taking more than 77 million yuan (HK$89 million) in bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, mainland state media reported on Monday
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1985208/ling-jihua-former-chinese-presidential-aide-sentenced
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/aide-to-former-chinese-president-gets-life-in-prison-for-bribes/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/04/chinese-court-jails-former-presidential-aide-ling-jihua-for-life
15 JUNE 2016
China: Disgraced Zhou Yongkang’s son and wife are jailed
The son and wife of imprisoned former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang have been jailed after they were found guilty of corruption, officials say
http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/06/15/4081s930967.htm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36541746
13 MAY 2016
Ling Jihua, former right-hand man of ex-president Hu Jintao, charged with graft
Chinese prosecutors have indicted the former top aide to ex-President Hu Jintao on charges of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, state media reported Friday, in the latest high-profile blow in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping crackdown on corruption
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1944570/ling-jihua-former-right-hand-man-ex-president-charged
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2016-05/13/content_15432694.html
7 MARCH 2016
China Communist party punished nearly 300,000 for graft in 2015
China’s ruling Communist Party punished nearly 300,000 of its members last year for corruption, its graft watchdog said amid a wide-ranging crackdown by President Xi Jinping on official malfeasance
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-communist-party-punished-nearly-300000-graft-2015
4 FEBRUARY 2016
Sichuan governor removed from post
Wei Hong has been removed from his posts as governor and vice Party chief of Sichuan province for “serious violations of discipline,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced on Thursday.
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2016-02/04/content_15383045.html
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/04/china-punishes-disloyal-sichuan-governor/
20 JANUARY 2016
Former Xinjiang party chief Yang Gang jailed for corruption
Former Communist Party chief in China’s Xinjiang region Yang Gang has been jailed for 12 years for corruption, state media report.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35358978
12 JANUARY 2015
China’s ex-deputy police chief jailed for 15 years: state media
China has jailed former vice public security minister Li Dongsheng for 15 years, state media reported on Tuesday, the latest official tied to ousted security tsar Zhou Yongkang to be sentenced for corruption offences.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12094172/Chinas-ex-deputy-police-chief-jailed-for-15-years.html
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/former-china-deputy-security-minister-sentenced-15-years
12 DECEMBER 2015
China anti-corruption cases have quadrupled since 2013, study says
In Chinese business and political circles, conversations frequently return to a familiar question: When will President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign end? http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-anti-corruption-cases-have-quadrupled-2013-study-says
12 OCTOBER 2015
Former China energy chief Jiang Jiemin jailed for corruption
The former chief of China’s biggest oil firm has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for accepting bribes, state media said
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34503469
29 SEPTEMBER 2015
China expels Supreme Court deputy justice over corruption
A former justice of China’s Supreme Court is facing possible corruption charges, and has been stripped of membership in the ruling Communist Party and fired from all public positions
http://asiancorrespondent.com/135885/china-expels-supreme-court-deputy-justice-over-corruption/
10 AUGUST 2015
Chinese General Gu Junshan gets suspended death sentence for graft
A senior Chinese military officer has been handed a suspended death sentence for corruption after he was exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold statues and luxury liquor, state media said.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/china-officer-suspended-death-sentence-graft-150810111859468.html
http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/235681081
11 JUNE 2015
China jails former security chief Zhou Yongkang for life for bribery, corruption
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life – the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-ex-security-chief/1908474.html
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/11/china-s-crackdown-on-corruption-ex-security-chief-handed-life-sentence/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33095453
7 APRIL 2015
China corruption: Nanjing mayor jailed for 15 years
A Chinese court sentenced a former mayor of Nanjing to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for accepting bribes, the latest senior official to be jailed in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping campaign against graft
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/chinese-court-sentences-ex-mayor-nanjing-corruption
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2015-04/07/content_15247929.html
3 APRIL 2015
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery, abuse of power, leaking secrets
China’s former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and disclosing state secrets, making him the most senior official being prosecuted in decades
http://www.euronews.com/2015/04/03/china-ex-security-chief-zhou-yongkang-charged-with-corruption/
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/02/asia/china-zhou-yongkang-charged/index.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32172600
28 FEBRUARY 2015
China jails former vice-governor as anti-corruption drive continues
Ni Fake found guilty of taking more than $2m in bribes, as senior military official loses immunity from prosecution by being booted from parliament
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/28/china-jails-ex-vice-governor-for-corruption
16 FEBRUARY 2015
Top China official to face prosecution for corruption
Former senior official Su Rong has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for corruption and faces prosecution, said the country’s top anti-corruption body
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31484049
http://time.com/3710825/china-takes-down-senior-leader-amid-anti-corruption-campaign/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fworld+%28TIME%3A+Top+World+Stories%29
9 FEBRUARY 2015
China executes ‘mafia-style’ mining tycoon Liu Han
Chinese authorities on Monday executed a former mining tycoon connected to the eldest son of retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, himself the focus of a high-profile corruption investigation, state media reported
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11399732/China-executes-Ferrari-loving-billionaire-gangster.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31284702
16 JANUARY 2015
Chinese spy chief Ma Jian placed under graft probe, authorities confirm
“Vice-minister and member of the party committee of the State Security Ministry Ma Jian has been put under investigation for suspected serious violation of discipline and laws,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1680422/chinese-spy-chief-ma-jian-placed-under-graft-probe-authorities-confirm
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2015/01/17/426730/Deputy-chief.htm
15 JANUARY 2015
PLA officers placed under investigation
Liu Zheng, deputy head of the People’s Liberation Army’s General Logistics Department, is under investigation for suspected legal violations, the PLA said on Thursday
http://www.asianewsnet.net/PLA-officers-placed-under-investigation-70549.html
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/01-16/150950.shtml
7 JANUARY 2015
More than 70,000 officials punished for violating frugality rules in 2014
A total of 71,748 Chinese officials were punished in 2014 for violating the eight point anti-graft rules, the top antigraft body said Wednesday.
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2015-01/07/content_15211014.html
5 JANUARY 2015
Communist chief of China’s Nanjing city probed
“Nanjing city party secretary Yang Weize, suspected of severe violations of discipline and law, is now under investigation,” the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement late Sunday.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/454453/communist-chief-of-china-nanjing-city-probed
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150105000103&cid=1101
28 DECEMBER 2014
Chinese princelings not targeted… for now
Among the various officials and party cadres who have fallen in China’s anti-corruption campaign, one group stands conspicuously missing: princelings
http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-princelings-not-targeted-for-now-69647.html
10 DECEMBER 2014
Liu Tienan: Top Chinese economist jailed over bribery
Liu Tienan, a former top economic official, has been jailed for life in China for accepting millions of dollars in bribes, state media report.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30408032
6 DECEMBER 2014
Despite Crackdown, Corruption Seen as Worsening
Despite Xi Jinping’s well-publicized anti-graft campaign that has led to the fall of numerous corrupt officials including former security czar Zhou Yongkang, who has been officially expelled from the CCP and arrested on graft-related charges, China’s position on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has deteriorated in the past twelve months. Simon Denyer at The Washington Post reports:
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/12/despite-tigers-flies-push-china-corruption-seen-worsening/
5 DECEMBER 2014
China arrests ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang
Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30352458
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11276723/China-arrests-former-security-chief-Zhou-Yongkang.html
4 DECEMBER 2014
PLA general probed for corruption
China’s military is investigating another top officer in its widening crackdown on corruption, a woman major-general with a senior post at an army university, financial news magazine Caixin reported on Thursday
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2014-12/04/content_15198881.html
3 DECEMBER 2014
President of China’s Sinopec oil services unit dismissed amid investigation
Xue Wandong, the president of Sinopec Oilfield Services Corp (SOSC), was relieved of his duties by the company’s party apparatus, Xinhua said on its Weibo social media account. He is being investigated for reasons that were not specified
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/president-chinas-sinopec-oil-services-unit-dismissed-amid-investigation
1 DECEMBER 2014
Chinese military targets corruption
The Chinese military is beefing up supervision to fight corruption in its ranks with detailed regulations, which analysts said will be crucial in preventing graft-related crimes. The areas being targeted – including project construction and medical and weapons procurement – are involved in more than 90 per cent of the corruption in the military, an official with the military procuratorate said
http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinese-military-targets-corruption-68331.html
24 NOVEMBER 2014
China corruption watchdog launches inspections, eyes Sinopec
China’s corruption watchdog has launched a series of inspections into state-owned enterprises and government bodies including China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group), Asia’s largest oil refiner, state media said
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-corruption-watchdog-launches-inspections-eyes-sinopec
6 NOVEMBER 2014
Report: Africa ivory smuggled on China visit
Chinese officials and businesspeople used a state trip by President Xi Jinping and other high-level visits to smuggle ivory out of Tanzania, an environmental watchdog has said.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/report-africa-ivory-smuggled-china-visit-2014116163317314744.html
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/441780/chinese-officials-buying-illegal-ivory
4 NOVEMBER 2014
Corruption said to be rampant in China’s sports sector
The mainland sacked a number of senior officials and players for match-fixing and bribery in soccer games two years ago, but the latest official statement suggests the problem of graft in the sector is more widespread.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1631045/corruption-said-be-rampant-chinas-sports-sector
28 OCTOBER 2014
China ex-general admits taking bribes for promotions
Xu Caihou, formerly China’s second-highest ranking officer as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, “was found taking advantage of his position to assist the promotion of other people”, Xinhua news agency said, citing military prosecutors
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-ex-general-admits-taking-bribes-promotions-xinhua
17 OCTOBER 2014
China rail official given death sentence for corruption
Zhang Shuguang was found guilty by a court in Beijing of taking bribes of more than 47m yuan ($7.7m; £4.8m) over 11 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29655466
5 SEPTEMBRE 2014
China’s anti-graft campaign to last ‘at least 5 years’
China’s anti-corruption chief said the central government’s ongoing campaign against extravagance and corruption will continue for at least five years.
http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinas-anti-graft-campaign-to-last-at-least-5-year-64204.html
30 AUGUST 2014
China’s experience with graft: The good and the bad
Nowhere is it so markedly distinctive as in his determination to fight China’s widespread corruption. Mr Xi’s war against corruption, first launched in December 2012 to catch both “flies” (low-level offenders) and “tigers” (high-level corrupt officials), is still going on unabated. It has netted more than 40 high-profile “tigers” or officials and executives of state-owned enterprises equivalent to ministerial and provincial-governor rank
http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinas-experience-with-graft-The-good-and-the-bad-63968.html
29 JULY 2014
China begins corruption inquiry into former security chief Zhou Yongkang
Zhou is most senior Chinese politician to be linked to corruption scandal since Communist party came to power in 1949
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28544428
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/29/zhou-yongkang-china-profile
21 JULY 2014
Tianjin police chief investigated for corruption
The police chief of China’s Tianjin city is being investigated for corruption, authorities said, the third senior security official in the northern port to be targeted for graft in eight years
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/421615/china-police-chief-investigated-for-corruption
30 JUNE 2014
Top China military official Gen Xu Caihou accused
One of China’s most senior military officials has been accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28084886
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/418185/china-communist-party-expels-four-top-officials-over-graft
27 JUNE 2014
Chief of China’s Guangzhou ‘investigated for graft’
The Communist chief of China’s sixth-biggest city Guangzhou is being investigated for corruption, Beijing said Friday, the latest official to fall in a high profile campaign against graft
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/417722/chief-of-china-guangzhou-investigated-for-graft
25 JUNE 2014
China corruption: Communist Party’s Su Rong sacked
China’s most senior serving politician to be investigated for corruption since President Xi Jinping took power has been sacked.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28023706
14 JUNE 2014
China official probed for ‘disciplinary violations’
Su Rong, vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is the highest-ranking official to come under investigation under President Xi Jinping, who has vowed to fight corruption
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/06/china-probes-top-politician-graft-2014614142225515823.html
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-official-probed-disciplinary-violations-media
8 JUNE 2014
China investigation finds 1,000 ‘naked officials’ in Guangdong
An investigation in China has revealed that more than 1,000 officials in the southern province of Guangdong have spouses or children living abroad
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-27747097
23 MAY 2014
Death sentence for Chinese mining tycoon
The death sentences for Liu Han and his brother Liu Wei were the first in trials of their 36-member gang by a court in the central province of Hubei, the Xinhua agency said
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/05/death-sentence-chinese-mining-tycoon-2014523122423712612.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10851058/Chinese-tycoon-sentenced-to-death-for-being-ruthless-underworld-kingpin.html
22 MAY 2014
China corruption fight turns on ‘naked officials’ with family overseas
China has removed a senior”naked official”, one whose spouse and children have emigrated, from his post in the southern province of Guangdong, state media reported on Thursday, as the government’s anti-graft campaign turns its focus to a group it sees as a corruption risk.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-corruption-fight-turns-naked-officials-family-overseas
25 APRIL 2014
Fourteen NPC members sacked or resign over corruption
Fourteen senior officials at Chinese state-owned companies and in the government, all of them members of the 12th National People’s Congress, have been dismissed or have stood down for “serious violation of discipline and law” — a term usually signifying corruption
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140425000125&cid=1101
15 APRIL 2014
Dongguan legislator detained amid sex trade crackdown
Liang Yaohui, a deputy to the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, was detained on Monday by local police for the suspected crime of organizing prostitution, police in Dongguan in southern China’s Guangdong province announced via its official microblog
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140415000103&cid=1103
9 APRIL 2014
China sacks former security chief Zhou Yongkang’s associate
The Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said that Guo Yongxiang, a former vice-governor of Sichuan province, had been expelled from the party and removed from office
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26950694
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/404197/former-aide-to-china-security-tsar-expelled-from-party
1 APRIL 2014
China corruption purge claims top general Gu Junshan
China has court-martialled a senior former army officer in the biggest corruption scandal to engulf the People’s Liberation Army, a move that could foreshadow the unprecedented criminal prosecutions of other leading military and Communist Party officials
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-corruption-purge-claims-top-general-gu-junshan-20140401-zqpa1.html?tm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=MB%2004.01.14
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26832113
30 MARCH 2014
China seizes $14.5bn assets from Zhou Yongkang family and associates – report
Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least $14.5bn from family members and associates of retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China’s biggest corruption scandal in more than six decades, according to Reuters news agency
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/03/china-seizes-billions-illegal-assets-201433051642595865.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10732675/China-seizes-14.5bn-assets-from-Zhou-Yongkang-family-and-associates-report.html
20 MARCH 2014
Former top China army officer under house arrest in graft probe
A top retired Chinese general has been put under virtual house arrest while he assists with an investigation into the military’s worst corruption scandal in almost a decade, two sources said, an indication the probe might be expanding
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/former-top-china-army-officer-under-house-arrest-graft-probe-sources
9 MARCH 2014
China investigates Yunnan vice governor Shen Peiping
Shen Peiping, vice governor of Yunnan in the southwest, was suspected of “serious disciplinary and legal violations”, the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a one-sentence statement on its website
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/398984/china-investigates-yunnan-vice-governor
24 FEBRUARY 2014
China sacks security vice-minister Li Dongsheng
China says it has formally sacked the former vice-minister of its public security office, Li Dongsheng.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-26319613
20 FEBRUARY 2014
China tycoon Liu Han charged for ‘mafia-style’ crimes
A Chinese court has charged a tycoon with crimes including murder, intentional injury and organising a “mafia-style gang”, state media report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-26271590?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=MB%202.21.14
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/21/china-sichuan-officials-liu-han-mining-tycoon-mafia-crime
19 FEBRUARY 2014
Chinese Vice Governor Subject of Corruption Probe
China’s Communist Party has announced a corruption probe into another ex-associate of retired senior politician Zhou Yongkang, who himself is the subject of a rumored investigation
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-vice-governor-subject-of-corruption-probe/1854418.html
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Communist-Party’s-investigates-former-security-czar’s-right-hand-man-30348.html
5 FEBRUARY 2014
China’s anti-graft agency to widen net
China’s top anti-graft agency has pledged to punish both corrupt officials and their leaders who failed to supervise them effectively amid the agency’s efforts to boost clean governance
http://www.asianewsnet.net/Chinas-anti-graft-agency-to-widen-net-56791.html
30 JANUARY 2014
Chinese Communist Party expels Nanjing mayor
Ji Jianye was found to have “received a huge amount of money and gifts either by himself or through his family members”, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement posted on its website
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/392343/chinese-communist-party-expels-nanjing-mayor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25962002
29 JANUARY 2014
China Convicts Two More Anti-Corruption Activists
China’s ruling Communist Party is continuing its crackdown on government critics by convicting two more anti-corruption activists. A Beijing court on Wednesday found Hou Xin and Yuan Dong guilty of “gathering a crowd to disturb public order.”
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-convicts-two-more-anticorruption-activists/1839873.html
23 JANUARY 2014
How Serious is Xi Jinping’s Corruption Campaign?
People at the very top of the communist party – except those who stuck their heads up – aren’t touched
http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/xi-jinping-corruption-campaign/
China blocks foreign news sites that revealed elite’s offshore holdings
The blocking of foreign news sites that revealed details of offshore holdings by the relatives of senior leaders has continued in China as reports emerged of a propaganda directive ordering websites and services to target users posting on the subject.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/china-foreign-news-sites-offshore-holdings
22 JANUARY 2014
Chinese leaders’ riches cloaked in offshore tax havens, report says
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists report said the documents show almost 22,000 clients of offshore companies and banks have addresses in mainland China and Hong Kong, including at least 15 of China’s richest men and women, members of the National People’s Congress and executives of state-owned companies
http://www.icij.org/offshore/leaked-records-reveal-offshore-holdings-chinas-elite
http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/22/china-condemns-report-on-elite-s-hidden-wealth/
19 JANUARY 2014
China’s former PM denies role in family’s ‘hidden riches’
Wen Jiabao, the former Chinese premier whose relatives were accused of amassing a $2.7 billion fortune in 2012, tells Hong Kong columnist: “I want to leave this world clean.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10582444/Chinas-former-PM-denies-role-in-familys-hidden-riches.html
16 JANUARY 2014
Chinese general arrested for gilded lifestyle
Gu Junshan, a former lieutenant general and deputy logistics chief with great influence within the People’s Liberation Army, was arrested after an investigation into his personal affairs.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/01/chinese-general-arrested-gilded-lifestyle-201411645321316898.html
5 JANUARY 2014
China probes almost 37,000 officials for graft
China investigated almost 37,000 officials suspected of corruption in more than 27,000 cases between January and November, state media said Sunday.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-probes-almost-37000-officials-graft
30 DECEMBER 2013
China holds ex-security chief’s colleague over graft
Li Chongxi, chairman of the Sichuan province Political Consultative Conference is being probed for “suspected severe violation of discipline and the law”, the ruling party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/387298/china-holds-ex-security-chief-colleague-over-graft
28 DECEMBER 2013
500 local Chinese lawmakers resign in fraud scandal
More than 500 municipal lawmakers in one Chinese province have stood down following an electoral fraud scandal, as Beijing ramps up its sweeping anti-corruption crackdown, state media reported Saturday.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/387105/500-local-chinese-lawmakers-resign-in-fraud-scandal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25536426
25 DECEMBER 2013
China vice police minister sacked: Communist Party
Li Dongsheng, formerly a vice minister of public security, was removed from his various posts for “severe violations of discipline”, according to an official circular reported by the state Xinhua agency.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/386633/china-vice-police-minister-sacked-communist-party
20 DECEMBER 2013
China investigates deputy minister
No details were given in the one-sentence announcement about Li Dongsheng, who was placed under investigation by the ruling Communist party’s disciplinary body. However, such investigations usually relate to alleged corruption and abuse of power.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/20/china-investigates-deputy-minister
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-probes-top-official-powerful-ministry
13 DECEMBER 2013
Analysts: China Corruption Crackdown Lacks Independence
In the first year of his administration, Chinese President Xi Jinping has touted a high-profile effort to root out graft. His efforts to cut government waste and go after high-ranking officials have won him praise, but some say much more needs to be donen check.
http://www.voanews.com/content/chian-crackdwon-reels-in-waste-but-lacks-independence/1809405.html
11 DECEMBER 2013
China puts former security chief under house arrest-sources
China has put Zhou Yongkang, one of the most powerful politicians of the last decade, under virtual house arrest while the ruling Communist Party investigates accusations of corruption against him, several sources said on Wednesday.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-puts-former-security-chief-under-house-arrest-sources
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-puts-former-security-chief-under-house-arrest/1807918.html