Why Non-elite Chinese Officials Are Being Picked for Top Offices
Larry Ong | Epoch Times Cai Qi spent 14 years in several modest official positions in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Finally, in 2013, Cai became a deputy to the provincial number two. In the past four years, however, Cai has enjoyed career progression somewhat similar to a multinational company employee in middle management […]
Retired Chinese Official Predicts ‘Big Activity’ Before Key Political Meeting
Larry Ong and Rona Rui | Epoch Times The months leading up to the Chinese leadership’s five-yearly political reshuffle are the most intriguing for observers of elite Chinese politics. Chinese officials get promoted or shunted out of key positions. News—mostly half-truth, half-speculation—of horse-trading between Communist Party political factions start surfacing in Hong Kong and overseas Chinese language […]
Chinese Officials, Arbiters of Repression, Now Seek Aid From the Lawyers Who Defended Their Victims
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Bus full of Chinese Communist Party Officials Quit the Party
<![CDATA[Minghui.org At a tourist site in Europe a busload of Chinese tourists approached a Tuidang outreach booth and identified themselves as bureau-level and higher-level Party officials. They each picked up a copy of the independent Chinese newspaper Epoch Times and began to read it. An article on the front page caught their attention. It was […]
Chinese Officials Lied About Almost Everything in Personal Records, Except Gender
<!–[CDATA[ Lu Chen | Epoch Times Food and electronics aren’t the only things being faked in China. According to state-run news agencies, Chinese Communist Party officials are also faking their personal records in order to get better chances for bonuses and promotions. A central inspection team under the Chinese regime’s anti-graft regulator looked into personal records […]