The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) high-tech authoritarian surveillance state is a bit of an anomaly in the modern world. The regime is characterized by a complex power structure, with very few people knowing the clandestine deals behind the scenes. Subsequently, many of its decisions and policies appear strange and unconventional to the free world, but…
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China’s Top Anti-Graft Body Targets Its Own Officials for Alleged Corruption
China’s top anti-graft body recently announced that three of its own high-ranking officials are placed under investigation for “violations of disciplines and law.” The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) ensures that officials toe the Party line, stay loyal to the top Party leadership, and abide by the Party’s rules. However,…
China Seeks to Punish Online Bullying–But Journalist-In-Exile Says Beijing is Directing It All
June 20, 2023
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China issued its draft guideline for punishing cyber violence and online crimes recently after a high-profile “bullying” case emerged on the Chinese internet. However, Chinese journalist-in-exile Zhao Lanjian commented that there is effectively “no online bullying” in China. Instead, Zhao says, the “crimes” are concerted acts carried out by the communist regime and its peripheral companies…
China Sets Up Mechanism to Monitor Its Spies Amid Domestic and International Turmoils
June 9, 2023
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Chinese Ministry of State Security, the regime’s intelligence apparatus, is under more stringent supervision, while the communist regime fears loss of control of its ever-present secret agents. The regime’s spy chief published a commentary in early June, demanding loyalty to the CCP and prioritizing the monitoring of China’s spies by setting up a new monitoring…
Multiple High-Ranking Officials in China’s Tobacco Industry Probed for Corruption
June 7, 2023
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Since the start of this year, several executives and senior officials in China’s tobacco industry have been under investigation by China’s top disciplinary watchdog. Zhu Shaoming, former general manager of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Yunnan Tobacco”), is “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law” and is currently “undergoing disciplinary inspection,” the Central…
Zhang Youxia, Xi Jinping’s Ally in the Chinese Military
June 2, 2023
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News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s success in securing his third term was not as easy as it appeared. One of Xi’s allies, Zhang Youxia, played a critical role in helping him control the military and stabilize the situation. Zhang Youxia was born in Beijing in July 1950. His father, Zhang Zongxun, was a general…
ANALYSIS: Espionage, Corruption Dog China’s Naval Industry
June 1, 2023
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Suspicions of espionage and corruption are rife in China’s military shipyards, with a handful of incidents in recent years pointing to key staff members. Among those incidents was that of Li Jianming, chief accountant and deputy director of the 711 Research Institute of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). Li suddenly “died while on business” at…
Land-Use Protester Escapes China for Fear of Being ‘Disappeared’
May 29, 2023
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A Chinese agriculturalist escaped his motherland after realizing local authorities could make him “disappear” at any moment after depriving him of his right to reclaim land—and using hired thugs to put him heavily in debt. “There’s no law in China,” he told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times on May 4. He Yu, a…
Senior Official at CCP’s State-Owned Assets Watchdog Under Probe
Luo Yulin, a former senior member of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-owned assets watchdog, is under probe, according to an official notice published on May 17. Luo was a deputy ministerial-level official of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (or “State-owned Assets Commission”), and is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law.”…
Former CCP Secretary Pleads Guilty to $28 Million Bribery Charges
Zhou Jiangyong, a former party secretary in China’s communist regime, pleaded guilty in an April 27 court hearing to crimes of collecting nearly 200 million yuan ($28.91 million) in bribes over some 20 years in his official roles. The verdict is set to be announced soon. Sacked in 2021 from his position as secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee,…
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