Deputy mayor Wang Meibin of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia fell to his death on Dec. 12, a few days after local officials were placed under investigation amid a corruption probe into the region’s coal mining industry, according to Chinese media reports. Wang reportedly “fell from his home” in the Ejin Horo Banner of Ordos city […]

The editor-in-chief of Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times, Hu Xijin, allegedly had extramarital affairs with two female subordinates and had illegitimate children with them, according to a recent media exposé. Beijing-based Chinese news site Duowei News ran the scandalous story on Dec. 2. The article reported that a whistleblower—the deputy editor-in-chief of Global Times, Duan […]

A former close aide to China’s vice chairman, Wang Qishan, is under investigation for alleged corruption and has been sacked. The aide, Dong Hong, “is suspected of seriously violating discipline and laws, and is under investigation and inspection,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Chinese regime’s anti-corruption watchdog, announced on Oct. 2. Dong […]

Gong Dao’an, director of the Shanghai police bureau and the city’s deputy mayor, was sacked on Aug. 18, representing the first Shanghai official, and the third top official from the Chinese regime’s security apparatus, to be punished this year. Shanghai is known as the stronghold of a political faction loyal to former Chinese Communist Party […]

Commentary China is a country with a political system unlike any other. Since taking power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has perfected its strategy, tactics, systems, and mechanisms for staying in power and achieving its political goals. The secret of its success is the establishment of two mechanisms. The first is to ensure […]

A retired professor at the prestigious Peking University recently suggested that the Chinese authorities require officials to disclose their financial assets, starting with the seven members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Politburo Standing Committee. Zheng Yefu, who specializes in sociology, expressed his views in a Dec. 22 commentary published on the website “China in […]

Nur Bekri, China’s highest-ranking ethnic Uyghur official, was the latest to be ensnared in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Bekri was formally arrested on April 2 under charges that he abused his position to obtain “huge amounts of wealth,” according to the CCP’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Bekri […]

The deputy head of the state-owned company that’s developing China’s first home-built aircraft carrier has been fired and expelled from the Communist Party, following a corruption probe that found he had accepted bribes and abused his power. Sun Bo, who was general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIS), was accused of abusing his power, […]

Posts by insiders exposed the means of fraud in the lottery system, but were rapidly censored.

State-owned banks, investment firms, and asset management firms are among those getting extra scrutiny from China's anti-corruption agency.

An unexpected candidate has been chosen to become head of China’s newly created anti-corruption super body. On March 18, the Chinese regime’s rubber-stamp parliament approved appointing Yang Xiaodu to be in charge of the National Supervision Commission, a new body that will have the power to monitor all state and public sector employees—from education, research […]

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced proposals to revise its constitution, the provision about eliminating term limits for its leader got everyone talking. But there is another critical change with repercussions for the Party in the years to come: The constitution will list a new state organ, called the Supervision Commission, to do the […]

The latest official to be taken down by the Chinese regime’s anti-corruption campaign sheds light on the widespread graft within China’s energy sector. On Jan. 23, the Chinese Communist Party’s corruption-fighting agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), announced that Wang Xiaolin, the deputy chief of the National Energy Administration (NEA), was being investigated […]

Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has felled another high-level official. On Dec. 12, the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption agency announced that Zhang Jiehui, a high-ranking cadre in the Hebei provincial rubber-stamp legislature, is being investigated for “seriously violating Party discipline,” an oft-used euphemism for corruption. As deputy head of the local National People’s Congress Standing Committee […]

China recently opened its financial system to more foreign ownership, allowing foreign investors to take controlling interests in Chinese securities firms and insurance companies, among others. Despite the relaxation of ownership rules, the investment environment might not be favorable, given the recent spate of investigations that have led to Chinese banking executives getting sacked. Cai […]

Since Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping appointed a new official to head the Party’s internal anti-graft watchdog organization, there has been a lot of media speculation about what direction Xi’s anti-corruption campaign will take over the next five years. Now, after the watchdog made personnel changes at three major financial institutions in less […]

At the conclusion of China’s 19th National Congress, the once-in-five-years Party reshuffle has emerged in current leader Xi Jinping’s favor. Many of the 200-plus top officials who comprise the Central Committee were due to retire at this congress, as per established Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convention. How many of his allies are inserted into the […]

Xi Jinping, the new “core” leader of the Chinese Communist Party, is rolling out a new state supervision commission, with a pilot program now in place in Beijing, Shanxi Province, and Zhejiang Province. Xi’s camp has stressed that the supervision commission is a major political reform, and thus its significance is worth examining. Since taking […]

Li Gang, director of the Liaison Office in Macau, has suddenly been removed from the post and transferred back to Beijing as the deputy director of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. The State Department announced on July 19, a list of changes of more than 20 ministerial-level officials, including Li, Li was the […]

Chinese tycoon and celebrity blogger Ren Zhiqiang recently got in trouble for criticising Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s words “CCP media takes on the surname of the CCP.”

The anti-corruption campaign of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has officially entered Hong Kong. For the first time, China’s anti-corruption watchdog has assigned an official to be stationed at the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) of the State Council, as well as oversee discipline inspection work in the Hong Kong and Macau Liaison Office.

The new year has seen a redoubling of the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party leadership to oust the faction headed by former regime leader Jiang Zemin. The Party’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Jan. 6 that it will now scrutinize the entire governing apparatus of the Chinese regime. A total of 47 inspection teams will […]

Chinese communist anti-corruption agents seem to have realized that they must surprise their quarry to make a successful arrest.

The Party-mouthpiece People’s Daily has become a target for a corruption investigation. Propaganda chief Liu Yunshan is believed to be the real target.

Based on media reports, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has already gone to places where Jiang Zemin and his sons have made their fortunes.

China’s anti-corruption agency proudly reports a record number of corrupt officials placed under investigation, but should they be proud?

The Chinese Communist Party has punished about 20,000 officials for allegedly breaking new rules announced one year ago. The communist regime announced the rules on December 4, 2012. The rules were aimed at forcing officials to reduce the infamous parties, ceremonies, and other perks known to come with having government posts in the country. Over […]

Leaders of the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption watchdog can sometimes be in danger of violent reprisal from those they investigate, according to notes in a Hong Kong political magazine.

CHINA—An investigation carried out by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Research Office of the State Council, and the Ministry of Supervision reveals that government and party [Chinese Communist Party] bodies illegally consumed 2 trillion yuan (approximately US$257 billion) in public funds in 2006. The figure includes fund embezzlement, entertainment, holiday and tourism […]

The Chinese Politburo convened a meeting with expanded attendance on Nov. 10. Party secretaries from provincial, ministry, and central government committees were also present. Proposals from the Central Commission, the Chinese Communist Party 17th National Congress Preparatory Group, and the Central Organization Department were debated. The meeting was held in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, and lasted the […]