Here’s How Former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin Could Be Brought Down

Larry Ong  |   Epoch Times For the past four years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been steadily maneuvering into an advantageous position to deal with his predecessor Jiang Zemin and end the culture of corruption that Jiang fostered in China. In the wake of Xi’s ascendancy as paramount leader and the passing of strict regulations […]

Sentencing of Former Yunnan Chief Shows President’s Campaigns Continue

Gao Shan  |  Radio Free Asia As a court in the central province of Henan handed a suspended death sentence to a former provincial chief, rights activists warned that President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is unlikely to succeed in its aim of eradicating corruption under the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Former Yunnan provincial party secretary […]

Posting Political Rivals to Beijing, Xi Jinping Prepares Ground for Bigger Moves

Larry Ong  |  Epoch Times When provincial chiefs in the Chinese regime were publicly hailing Xi Jinping as the Chinese Communist Party’s new paramount leader, Xinjiang Party boss Zhang Chunxian instead told reporters, “Talk later.” Days earlier, a mutinous letter calling for Xi to resign had mysteriously appeared on a news website based in Xinjiang, China’s […]

The PR Man for China’s Organ Transplantation Is Not Believable

Heng He  |  Epoch Times For years gaining attention for forced organ harvesting in China was difficult to achieve because the crime itself was too horrible to believe. Perhaps this understandable horror may now be leading some observers to be too eager to believe this atrocity has now ended. Take, for example, Dr. Francis L. Delmonico, […]

Purge of Chinese Military Officers Could Hasten Probe of Former Party Leader Jiang Zemin

Larry Ong  |  Epoch Times Two close associates of retired, influential military generals were recently arrested, according to overseas Chinese news outlets, a development that, judging by previous patterns in recent political purges, may herald the opening of investigations into their former bosses, and foreshadow the indictment of Communist Party godfather figure Jiang Zemin. On May […]

Chinese Regime Elder Party Cadre in Exile Suggests That Jiang Zemin May Be Arrested

Frank Fang  |  Epoch Times Xu Jiatun, a 100-year-old, former elite Chinese Communist Party official turned defector, chooses his words carefully. In the two decades he has lived in exile—he defected after the June 4 massacre in 1989—he has only given a handful of interviews to Hong Kong media, and says little that’s worthy of a […]

Political Rivalry in China – “Should the State Media Be Loyal to the Party?”

Nathan Lee  |  Chinascope The Preface and Part 1 of this series explained that former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin left two legacies to China: a system of corruption and the persecution of Falun Gong. To prevent being charged and held accountable, Jiang and his followers tried to hold onto their power after […]

Top Aide of Former Chinese Security Czar Imprisoned

Frank Fang  |  Epoch Times The aide of a purged Chinese security czar has recently been convicted and handed a lengthy jail term after a two-year investigation, another instance of final punishment for a member of a faction that has obstructed Chinese leader Xi Jinping from exercising full authority over the Chinese Communist Party. Ji Wenlin, […]

Why Has This Suicidal Stone Tablet Caused So Much Fuss in China?

Iris Lu  |  Vision Times A huge stone tablet with the writing “Jimei Bridge” suddenly cracked and broke in two, causing quite a stir in China this week. The stone tablet was located near the Jimei Bridge of Xiamen City in China. While half of the tablet fell onto the grass beneath the bridge, the other half crushed […]

News Report Suggests Chinese Leadership Disavows Persecution of Falun Gong

Heng He  |  Epoch Times Article on sentencing of Li Dongsheng ties persecution of Falun Gong to Jiang Zemin faction The anti-corruption campaign of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is entering its fourth year. Tens of thousands of CCP officials have been investigated, and several of those who formerly were some of the most […]