CEFC China Energy’s Fall From Grace in the Czech Republic

Milan Kajinek  |  Epoch Times The Czech Republic, which has considerably increased its political and economic cooperation with China since 2014, has been shaken by uncertainty surrounding the Chinese energy giant CEFC China Energy. The large Chinese conglomerate had promised to invest tens of billions in the country. After a press release emerged that the […]

Chinese Energy Official’s Downfall Hints at Corruption in Energy Sector

Annie Wu  |  Epoch Times The latest official to be taken down by the Chinese regime’s anti-corruption campaign sheds light on the widespread graft within China’s energy sector. On Jan. 23, the Chinese Communist Party’s corruption-fighting agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), announced that Wang Xiaolin, the deputy chief of the National Energy Administration […]

China Corruption Drive Continues, but Graft Persists

Bill Ide and Brian Kopczynski  |  Voice of America BEIJING — An expansive anti-corruption drive led by China’s President Xi Jinping has seen more than 1.5 million officials investigated and the toppling of several high-ranking leaders as well. But despite the mind-boggling figures, corruption remains, as Xi puts it, “the biggest threat to the party.”While authorities […]

Fall of Chongqing Chief Could Spell End of Collective Chinese Leadership

Lin Ping  |  Radio Free Asia The expulsion of once-rising political star Sun Zhengcai from the ruling Chinese Communist Party and a criminal probe into “serious disciplinary violations” on his part comes as President Xi Jinping continues to thin the ranks of the ruling party leadership ahead of a crucial five-yearly congress later this month, […]

China’s Human Rights Abusers May Face Sanctions When Entering U.S.

Lin Zhanxiang  |  Minghui.org The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in a 92-7 vote on December 8, 2016, should be a warning to human rights abusers around the world and particularly in China. The Act allows the president to deny U.S. visas and freeze U.S.-based assets of […]

Police Official in China’s Hunan Province on Trial for Corruption

Eva Fu  |  Epoch Times Deng Guangtan, accused of resisting investigation, was once decorated for persecution of Falun Gong A municipal police official in south-central China has been expelled from his posts and is awaiting trial on charges of corruption, according to a statement published by local Communist Party disciplinary authorities. The local disciplinary commission’s […]

Detention of Chinese Insurance Company Chief Not Without Risks

William Ide and Joyce Huang  |  Voices of America China’s recent detention of Wu Xiaohui, head of the massive insurance conglomerate Anbang Insurance company, is seen by some as a crucial turning point in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on wealthy corrupt business people, or “big crocodiles” as they are called here. But that turning point is […]

Chinese Dissidents Call For Reparation for Persecuted ‘Anti-Rightist’ Intellectuals

Xin Lin, Qiao Long and by Wong Lok-to   |  Radio Free Asia Sixty years after China’s Anti-Rightist political movement of 1957 saw hundreds of thousands of Chinese intellectuals killed, jailed, or persecuted, a prominent dissident has called for compensation for the families of those persecuted. Sichuan-based writer Tan Zuoren, who has previously been jailed for […]