Tag: corruption in china
Zhao Ziyang’s Five Proposals Terrified the CCP Elite and Sealed His Fate
On May 16, 1989, the five proposals that Zhao Ziyang placed before his Politburo Standing Committee colleagues...
How Jiang Zemin’s Mistress Network Ran China’s Shadow Government
Huang Liman, widely described by political observers and former insiders as a close associate of former...
Xi Warns of Growing Uncertainty as Graft Probes Ensnare Over 4,000 CCP Officials
By Li Deyan A recent Communist Party seminar for provincial- and ministerial-level officials has drawn...
Promotion for Sale: How Xu Caihou Sold Military Promotions to the Highest Bidder
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times Xu Caihou (1943–2015), a native of Wafangdian in China's northern Liaoning...
Xi Lowers His Rhetoric at the Fifth CCDI Plenum
By Li Deyan At the recently concluded Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline...
Exclusive Insider Account: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Drive and the Fragile Logic of Power Consolidation
By Li Jingru On Dec. 22, Xi Jinping appeared in Beijing to preside over a ceremony promoting commanders...
A Life Under Control: A Beijing Native Reflects on Human Rights, COVID Lockdowns, and Leaving China
By Zhao Xing I was born in Beijing—what people often describe as someone “born under the red flag...
Wong Kar-wai’s Leaked Audio Criticizing China’s One-Party Rule Pulled From Weibo
A viral audio recording has triggered controversy in China’s entertainment industry after allegedly capturing...
Faking the 14th Five-Year Plan: Xi Jinping’s Last-Ditch Struggle Ahead of China’s Fourth Plenum
As the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fourth Plenum approaches, Beijing’s propaganda machine is...
Over 46 Members of the CCP Central Committee Reportedly ‘In Trouble’
From Oct. 20 to 23, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is set to hold the Fourth Plenary Session of the...