Category: Zhou Yongkang

Chinese Real Estate Developer Kaisa’s Debt Defaults Reflect CCP Infighting: Expert

News Analysis Investors of Kaisa Group, one of China’s most active real estate developers, on Nov. 3 unexpectedly received a notice of overdue debt defaults from the company. A similarly unexpected default happened just one month earlier with another real estate developer, Fantasia Holdings. Ji Da, China affairs expert who lives in the United States,…


Officials From China’s ‘Gestapo’ Facing Corruption Investigation; China’s Korean War Propaganda Film

The 610 Office—the “Gestapo” of China—was created by former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin. It’s used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. The director of the 610 Office oversees this extra-legal organization and commands the vast resources of the public security, state security, propaganda, and education ministries in China. Yet, it is…


China to Wipe out ‘Black Sheep’ From the Party Amid Power Struggle: Experts

A stream of calls from Beijing to eliminate “black sheep” within China’s sole governing political party cast light on its ongoing power struggle, experts say. In the past week, China’s top public security agency repeatedly declared to root out the remaining forces of several former high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members; even though the so-called…


Vice Chair of China’s Xinjiang Government Arrested on Corruption Charges

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top prosecutor’s office announced on Dec. 16 that Ren Hua, former vice chairwoman of the Xinjiang government, was arrested and would be prosecuted on bribery charges. Ren has held many important positions in Xinjiang and worked with three other former high-ranking officials who have been arrested for corruption. On Nov….