China’s top anti-corruption agency said on Monday that former justice minister Tang Yijun would be indicted on charges of corruption and misconduct after being investigated for taking bribes and abuse of power. Tang is accused of helping family members secure financial deals and accepting lavish gifts and travel expenses, in violation of the Communist Party’s … Read more
Wu Bangguo, the former head of China’s top legislature, died in Beijing on Tuesday morning at the age of 83, official news agency Xinhua reported. Wu was one of China’s most powerful men between 2002 and 2012, serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, and … Read more
Reading publications with “serious political problems” has become an increasingly common accusation levelled at disgraced officials by China’s anti-corruption agencies, who cite it as proof of disloyalty. Among them is Li Bin, a former vice-director of the municipal legislature of Mudanjiang in northeastern Heilongjiang province. He was expelled from the Communist Party on suspicions of … Read more
Shenzhen-based software developer Peter Li was laid off from a leading internet company last month – his first job since graduating from university – after failing to meet department performance targets. He joins a growing group of young victims of China’s grim job market. While the 24-year-old expects to find another job eventually, Li said … Read more
A man from a modest background and in possession of no remarkable skills managed to amass a staggering fortune over two decades, as well as the respect of top Communist Party officials in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan. All Su Hongbo had to do was brag about his Beijing connections and package himself as someone … Read more
China’s top economic planner has reassured private entrepreneurs it will “spare no effort” to help companies “conquer difficulties”, in Beijing’s latest move to revive the economy. Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), hosted a meeting on Friday with representatives from several private companies to learn about business conditions, problems they … Read more
China’s leaders are again seeking to rally risk-averse cadres to the cause of decisive economic action by stressing the need to “get things done” and its tolerance of mistakes in a policy known as the “three exempts”. The Politburo, the ruling Communist Party’s inner circle, signalled the renewed political commitment in a statement after a … Read more
Taiwan is intensifying efforts to prevent maritime borders being breached after mainland Chinese men used small boats to land on its coast twice in recent months. Lawmakers have pointed to the two incidents – neither spotted by Taipei until the men turned themselves in – as representing possible weaknesses in the event of a military … Read more
The man accused of stabbing a Japanese boy on the way to school in Shenzhen this week has a criminal record and no steady employment, according to police who have released more information about the suspect than is usual in similar cases in China. The suspect, a 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong, was reportedly detained by … Read more
China’s move to raise the retirement age – for decades one of the world’s lowest – appears to be unpopular among workers, though it has not seen the protests sparked by pension reforms in other countries. The top legislative body on Friday approved a plan to lift the retirement age for men from 60 to … Read more
