Wang Lijun

Jiang Zemin’s Faction on the Brink of Collapse

April 22, 2012, 2:51 pm

While Jiang Zemin is in a vegetative state, former Jiang allies have pledged their allegiances to Hu Jintao.

Investigation of Chinese Security Boss Next Step in Party’s Power Struggle

April 19, 2012, 10:46 pm

Political combat continues to roil the Chinese Communist Party, with widely publicized reports that the top security official is now under investigation, and that an essay [...]

China’s Economic Reform Requires Political Reform

April 17, 2012, 11:50 pm

China’s economic reforms have reached a critical point, and the economy designed to support the Communist Party’s rule now calls that rule into question.

Two Chinese Journalists Investigated for Posting a Wang Lijun Text Message

April 17, 2012, 9:58 am

Beijing Police have been investigating two journalists for spreading a text message from Wang Lijun.

Beijing’s Rumor Control Cuts Both Ways

April 16, 2012, 12:34 pm

Controlling and creating Internet rumors has been the central strategy in the CCP recent power struggle.

Condoleezza Rice Says Bo Xilai Scandal Raises ‘Big Question’ About China

April 15, 2012, 11:30 pm

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently said that the Wang Lijun – Bo Xilai scandal in China raises questions about the strength of the rule of law in the [...]

Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Congress May be Postponed

April 15, 2012, 5:28 pm

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) 18th National Congress, originally scheduled for the fall of 2012, may be postponed as a result of intensified infighting sparked by [...]

Coercive Organ Harvesting Appears on US Visa Form DS-160

April 15, 2012, 4:50 pm

The online U.S. non-immigrant visa application, Form DS-160, shows the US has taken some action against the crime of coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue.

Bo Xilai Missed Chance to Save Skin Before Ouster

April 12, 2012, 10:09 pm

Before Bo Xilai was purged from his position as Party secretary of Chongqing on March 15, and before he was then ejected from the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and [...]

He Qinglian: Rumors Corrode Beijing’s Legitimacy

April 7, 2012, 3:47 pm

The perfect hotbed for rumors develops where politics are opaque and where power functions in a way that is concealed from the public. China has always been full of rumors, in [...]