Body of former senior Chinese official Ren Jianxin cremated

3 days, 17 hours ago

Funeral held for victims of the Hague explosion, Mayor van Zanen attends

NL Times

The funeral of three family members who died in a deadly explosion on Tarwekamp in The Hague two weeks ago was held Saturday in the presence of 250 mourners, including family, friends, and Mayor Jan van Zanen. The victims, part of a Chinese family, included a 45-year-old father, a 41-year-old mother, and their 17-year-old daughter. “Li, Renai, and Sofia were …

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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case

The Independent

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1 week ago

China executes official involved in country's largest corruption case

Hindustan Times

China on Tuesday executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totalling to over USD 421 million. The death sentence of Li, former secretary of the ruling Communist Party working committee of the Hohhot economic and technological development zone, was initially issued in September …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Beijing opens 2 more mausoleums of Ming emperors to public

China Daily

BEIJING -- Two emperors' mausoleums in Beijing have recently opened to the public, meaning that six out of the 13 tombs in the Changping district belonging to the Ming Dynasty emperors are now accessible to the public, according to the management organization of the tombs. According to Yuan Jiangyu, vice director of the management center of the Ming Tombs in …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Martyrs' remains return to motherland

China Daily

By ZHAO LEI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-11-29 07:03 The remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers who died during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea arrive at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Thursday. The remains and 495 items of personal belongings of the fallen soldiers were handed over by the Republic of …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Martyrs' remains return to motherland

China Daily

The remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers who died during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea arrive at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Thursday. The remains and 495 items of personal belongings of the fallen soldiers were handed over by the Republic of Korea and returned aboard a Y-20 transport aircraft of the …

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4 weeks ago

Ex-Bank of China chairman sentenced to death for accepting $16.8 million in bribes

India Today

The former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and illegal issuance of loans. He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan, a court in Jinan city in China's eastern Shandong Province said in its verdict. The court found that Liu had taken …

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4 weeks ago

Former bank chairman gets death sentence

China Daily

Former Bank of China chairman Liu Liange received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve for accepting over 121 million yuan in bribes, a court in Jinan, Shandong province, announced on Tuesday. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 150,000 yuan for illegally issuing 3.32 billion yuan in loans, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court said. The …

China Court Bank Yuan Liu Sentence Death Sentence

4 weeks ago

Former bank chairman gets death sentence

China Daily

Former Bank of China chairman Liu Liange received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve for accepting over 121 million yuan in bribes, a court in Jinan, Shandong province, announced on Tuesday. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 150,000 yuan for illegally issuing 3.32 billion yuan in loans, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court said. The …

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1 month ago

Deputy head of China Tobacco expelled from CPC

China Daily

Xu Ying, deputy head of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, also known as China Tobacco, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from his post for severe violations of disciplines and laws, the country's top anti-corruption authorities said on Wednesday. He also failed to truthfully report personal matters and sought benefits for multiple relatives in terms …

China Party Deputy Head

1 month, 1 week ago

Guangdong leadership urges medical staff to save lives after vehicle tragedy

China Daily

Wang Weizhong, governor of Guangdong province, urged medical staff to make every effort to save and rescue the people who were injured when a car plowed into a crowd at a sports center in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Monday night. Multidisciplinary expert consultations and remote consultations would also be organized to help save lives, he said, adding that as long …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced

China Daily

Chen Jixing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for illegally accepting money and property worth over 278 million yuan. Chen, 70, was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated during a trial at the Guilin Intermediate People’s …

Chen Guangdong

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Remembering Ye Xuanping: A Legacy of Loyalty, Compassion, and Economic Vision

China Daily

China commemorates late senior political advisor Ye Xuanping with a symposium. The event was attended by Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC. Ye was an excellent CPC member, a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian …

Government Politics Law History Beijing

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Remembering Ye Xuanping: A Legacy of Loyalty, Compassion, and Economic Vision

China Daily

China commemorates late senior political advisor Ye Xuanping with a symposium. The event was attended by Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC. Ye was an excellent CPC member, a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian …

Government Politics Law History Beijing

2 months, 1 week ago

Unveiling the Treasures of a Forgotten Dynasty: Exploring the Legacy of China's First Emperor's Underground Realm

China Daily

The article explores the legacy of China's first emperor, Emperor Qinshihuang, by unveiling his underground realm discovered in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The exhibition showcases 230 artifacts, including the most significant cultural relics, revealing the emperor's material culture and spiritual beliefs. The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Terracotta Warriors discovery and offers a deeper understanding of the Qin Dynasty's …

Law Culture History Archaeology

2 months, 1 week ago

Unveiling the Treasures of a Forgotten Dynasty: Exploring the Legacy of China's First Emperor's Underground Realm

China Daily

The article explores the legacy of China's first emperor, Emperor Qinshihuang, by unveiling his underground realm discovered in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The exhibition showcases 230 artifacts, including the most significant cultural relics, revealing the emperor's opulent lifestyle and spiritual beliefs. The exhibition marks the occasion of the emperor's 2,000-year-old resting place, offering a glimpse into the ancient culture and power …

Law Culture History Archaeology

2 months, 1 week ago

First emperor still fascinates with his treasures

China Daily

The exhibition Buried History and Mystery of China's First Emperor. Knowing death was an inevitable issue that he had to face one day, Emperor Qinshihuang, who ended the long-term fighting and chaos among vassal states during the Warring States Period and established the Qin Dynasty, the first central united dynasty, paid close attention to two important considerations during his lifetime: …

Mausoleum First Emperor Emperor Qin Emperor Qinshihuang

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Xi to award national medals, honorary titles ahead of National Day

China Daily

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping will award national medals and honorary titles at a ceremony to be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at 10 am Sunday ahead of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Three types of awards -- the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and medals of national …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Xi to award national medals, honorary titles ahead of National Day

China Daily

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping will award national medals and honorary titles at a ceremony to be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at 10 am Sunday ahead of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Three types of awards -- the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and medals of national …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Former Heilongjiang official expelled from Party for grave violations

China Daily

Li Haitao, former vice-chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed from his post for serious violations of Party disciplines and laws, announced the country's top anti-graft watchdogs on Thursday. With approval from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline …

Party Heilongjiang Grave Violations

3 months, 1 week ago

Former vice-governor of Yunnan expelled from CPC

China Daily

BEIJING -- Zhang Zulin, former vice-governor of Southwest China's Yunnan province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, China's top anti-graft body said Thursday. An investigation found that Zhang had formed political cliques, engaged in superstitious activities, and accepted banquet and trip arrangements in violation of the Party's frugality rules, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s ‘wolf warrior’ foreign minister who went missing reportedly demoted to low-level job

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

China: Massive corruption in funeral services, viral report reveals officers sell thousands of dead bodies

India TV News

China has uncovered widespread corruption in its funeral services industry, state media said on Wednesday, with offences such as illegal fees and cemeteries committed by long-time managers and officials of funeral homes. Investigations by disciplinary authorities across the provinces of Anhui, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan and Yunnan have led to numerous accusations of violations by employees of funeral …

China Corruption Funeral Jilin

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Is Xi Jinping’s China on a path to war?

Al Jazeera

Over the past few decades, China has solidified its status as an economic superpower. But the country’s economic boom coupled with its increased military might has increased tensions in the region, including with Taiwan, where fears are mounting over a possible Chinese invasion. Meanwhile, at home, China’s human rights record remains under the spotlight with severe curtailments on free speech …

Human Rights China

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Vietnam mourns late party leader at funeral

China Daily

People pay their respects to the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the national funeral in Hanoi on Thursday. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY Vietnam began a two-day state funeral for late leader Nguyen Phu Trong on Thursday, with China, the United States and the European Union among those sending high-level delegations to …

China Funeral Party General Secretary Leader Trong Vietnam Mourns

6 months, 1 week ago

Chinese national detained in Bihar dies by suicide: Police

Hindustan Times

A 63-year-old Chinese prisoner, who had allegedly attempted suicide inside Saheed Khudiram Bose Central jail in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur late on Friday and rushed to the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, died on Tuesday morning, jail authority said. The prison department has informed about the death of the Chinese national to the Ministry of External Affairs via Bihar home department. …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Chinese man, held for illegal entry, dies after suicide attempt in Bihar Jail

Hindustan Times

A Chinese national died on Tuesday after allegedly attempting suicide in a jail in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, officials said. The man, identified as Li Jiaqi from China's Shandong province, had been detained for illegally entering India and lacking valid travel documents. Read: Chinese national among five held for operating mule bank accounts for cyber fraud in Noida Li was charged …

India China Chinese Muzaffarpur Li Jiaqi

7 months ago

Xi expresses condolences over death of Iranian president

China Daily

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolence to Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber following the unfortunate death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident. On behalf of the Chinese government and the people of China, Xi expressed deep condolences and extended sincere sympathies to Mokhber, the family of President Raisi, and the Iranian …

China Iran Iranian Chinese President Raisi

7 months, 2 weeks ago

China's ex-Defence Minister emerges in public after prolonged absence, fate of Shangfu, Gang still unknown

India TV News

China's former Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe whose prolonged absence from the public has sparked speculation about his fate after he paid tribute to a senior Chinese legislator who passed away early this week suggesting that he was politically safe, a media report said on Wednesday. Wei, who headed the PLA Rocket Force, the new name for China’s missile force …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

China marks 120th birth anniversary of late senior CPC leader

China Daily

Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attends a symposium to mark the 120th birth anniversary of Ren Bishi, an important member of the first generation of the CPC central collective leadership with Comrade Mao Zedong …

China Party Committee Chinese Beijing Member Cpc Central

9 months ago

Xi extends condolences to Russia

China Daily

Moscow citizens lay flowers and mourn for victims at Crocus City Hall concert venue in the northwest of Moscow on Sunday, the day of which President Vladimir Putin announced as National Day of Mourning. REN QI/CHINA DAILY President Xi Jinping extended condolences on Saturday to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the terrorist attack that caused heavy casualties on Friday near …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dying with dignity, living with love

China Daily

The cover of Xu's Book Chongqi Shengming that recorded her experiences and thoughts related to death, hospice care and life. Beijing Haidian Hospital became one of China's first to provide professional palliative care in hematology and oncology in July of that year. And Qin Yuan, a professor of palliative care at the hospital, happened to live in the same apartment …

China Death Life Care Palliative Care Palliative

9 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature

Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. According to a notice by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, the Tianjin Municipal …

China Foreign Minister Qin

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese ex-foreign minister Qin Gang resigns after missing from public view since last year

India TV News

Beijing: China's former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, resigned his seat in the national legislature, according to state media reports on Tuesday. According to a notice by the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress accepted Qin's resignation as a delegate to the upcoming annual parliamentary session. China's …

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10 months ago

Shaoxing mourns loss of Hong Kong benefactor

China Daily

Zhang Jie, based in Hong Kong, remains connected to Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. The community grappled with the loss of Zhang Jie, a well-known philanthropist from Hong Kong, who passed away suddenly at the age of 95 due to a heart attack. Though Zhang lived quietly among mainland entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, his impact reverberated deeply in his hometown of Shangyu. …

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10 months ago

China-born Australian democracy blogger won’t appeal suspended Chinese death sentence

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying Wednesday a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare. “There are two practical reasons why an appeal would be detrimental to Yang’s welfare,” the statement said. And second, an appeal would only delay the possibility …

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10 months ago

A Chinese court has given Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence. Here's why he's not appealing

ABC

In short: The family of Australian man Yang Hengjun, who was given a suspended death sentence in China earlier this month, has explained why he is not lodging an appeal. The family of Australian man Yang Hengjun, who was given a suspended death sentence in China earlier this month, has explained why he is not lodging an appeal. The family …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia appalled at China's suspended death sentence for writer Yang Hengjun

The Hindu

Australia says it is appalled at China's suspended death sentence for Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on February 5 that it was “harrowing news for Dr. Yang, his family and all who have supported him.” Mr. Yang has been detained in China since Jan. 19, 2019, when he …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

China gives suspended death sentence to Chinese Australian democracy blogger Yang Hengjun

Associated Press

BEIJING — A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. “This is harrowing news for Dr. Yang, his family and all who have supported him.” Yang, a former Chinese diplomat and state security agent who became a political commentator and writer of spy novels in Australia, was detained on Jan. 19, 2019, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian writer Yang Hengjun accused of spying in China is sentenced to DEATH

Daily Mail

Australian writer Yang Hengjun has received a suspended death sentence in China, almost five years after he was initially arrested. Australian academic Yang Hengjun remains detained in a Chinese prison on espionage charges Dr Yang was first detained in 2019 over espionage charges, and was arrested in January 2019 at Guangzhou Airport, on his way to visit his sick brother. …

Chinese Yang Australian Espionage Charges Yang Hengjun Dr Yang Hengjun

10 months, 2 weeks ago

China court awards writer Yang Hengjun 'suspended death sentence', Australia calls it 'harrowing move'

India TV News

Beijing: A court in China handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence on Monday, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and Canberra. Australia calls Yang's sentence "harrowing news" Meanwhile, reacting to the recent court order, Australia said it was appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for the writer. …

China Australia Chinese Beijing Yang His Family Death Sentence

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Symposium held to commemorate 130th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth, Xi delivers important speech

China Daily

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a symposium held by the CPC Central Committee to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 26, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves Beijing for summit with Joe Biden: state media

The Hindu

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on November 14, state media reported, on his way to San Francisco where he will hold highly anticipated talks with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden. At the invitation of United States President Biden, he will go to San Francisco for the China-U.S. presidents’ meeting,” state broadcaster CCTV reported. Positive momentum from November 2022 talks …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Crowds gather and lay flowers as former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is laid to rest

LA Times

Security personnel stand guard in front of flowers laid in memory of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Hefei, in central China. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people gathered Thursday near a state funeral home in Beijing as China’s former second-ranking leader, Li Keqiang, was laid to rest, while a steady stream of mourners showed their respects at the ex-premier’s childhood …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The sudden death of China’s former No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many

Associated Press

HONG KONG — The sudden death of China’s former second-ranking leader, Li Keqiang, has shocked many people in the country, with tributes offered up to the ex-official who promised market-oriented reforms but was politically sidelined. Li was known for his advocacy of private business but lost much of his influence as President Xi Jinping accumulated ever-greater powers and elevated the …

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