China corruption

China investigates retired top media censor

Cai Fuchao is the latest senior official to be swept up in a years-long anti-corruption campaign initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Chinese court hands former official rare death sentence in $419 million graft case

During a years-long anti-corruption crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping, millions of people within China’s vast bureaucracy have been investigated.

Communist Party of China marks 105 years with greater stress on ideology and loyalty

Thousands of top officials and party members gathered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 1 for celebrations marking the Communist Party of China’s 105th founding anniversary.

Former Tibet government head sentenced to life in prison

Che Dalha, the former government head of the Tibet Autonomous Region, illegally took in more than 158 million yuan (S$29.93 million) from 1999 to 2025.

China hands suspended death sentences to former defence ministers Wei Fenghe, Li Shangfu

Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu (left) were expelled from the ruling Communist Party in 2024 for “serious violations of discipline”, a euphemism for corruption.

China prosecutes former regulatory official in graft crackdown

FILE PHOTO: Wang Jianjun, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, speaks during the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, in Hong Kong, China November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Former Chinese aerospace exec gets suspended death sentence over corruption, insider trading

ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 7, 2022 - (FILE) Tan Ruisong, then chairman and Party secretary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), attends a media conference on the eve of the 2022 Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, Nov 7, 2022. On August 30, 2024, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission, Tan Ruisong, former secretary of the Party Group and chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission. (Photo by CFOTO/Sipa USA)No Use China.

Chongqing Mayor Hu Henghua under investigation by China’s anti-graft watchdog

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes rare public reference to recent military purges

In Chinese President Xi Jinping’s virtual address to the military on Feb 11, he praised the rank and file, saying they were “trustworthy”.

China removes 3 lawmakers with defence-sector ties after top general probed

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in a car to review the troops during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

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