Xi targets petty corruption on a giant scale to soothe China’s masses
4 days, 2 hours ago

Xi targets petty corruption on a giant scale to soothe China’s masses

Live Mint  

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is battling petty corruption through a nationwide campaign that has swept up more than half a million low-level officials over the past year, as Beijing grapples with rising public resentment over a sagging economy. “Punish the ‘greed and corruption of flies and ants,’ and give the masses a greater sense of fulfillment," Xi said early last year as he ordered the party’s top disciplinary body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, to curb grassroots graft. The CCDI’s official newspaper said the crackdown reflects the party’s commitment to sustaining its “flesh-and-blood ties with the people" and ward off threats to its legitimacy. The CCDI said it opened probes last year against 92 “centrally managed cadres," or senior officials, whose appointments are vetted by the party’s top personnel department. View Full Image Graphic: WSJ “Hunting tigers allowed Xi to position himself as a populist attacking corrupt enemies of the people," said Wedeman, the Georgia State University professor.

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Xi calls for winning tough anti-graft battle
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi calls for winning tough anti-graft battle

China Daily  

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Jan 6, 2025. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, emphasized on Monday the importance of exercising rigorous …

After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution
2 months, 2 weeks ago

After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution

Hindustan Times  

By Ryan Woo After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution BEIJING - One day before a key meeting of China's anti-graft watchdog, the state broadcaster aired a programme on how grassroots corruption is being crushed, dispelling any notion that China is losing its grip on graft. "A businessman might offer me money directly, and I'd refuse," …

China's unyielding fight against corruption
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China's unyielding fight against corruption

China Daily  

BEIJING - China's top disciplinary agency is set to convene a pivotal plenary session from Jan 6 to 8, where it will outline key priorities in the fight against corruption for the year ahead. According to the country's top anti-corruption watchdog, 58 high-ranking officials under the supervision of the Communist Party of China Central Committee were probed last year. In …

China: Xi pushes Politburo leaders to fight against corruption even as his crackdown's efficacy remains questionable
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China: Xi pushes Politburo leaders to fight against corruption even as his crackdown's efficacy remains questionable

Firstpost  

A record number of senior officials have come under investigation in the anti-corruption crackdown. Despite these efforts, corruption continues to plague the Communist Party, particularly among its upper echelons Secondary school students gather in front of a screen displaying an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China …

China executes official involved in country's largest corruption case
3 months, 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 …

China executes former official Li Jianping involved in corruption case
3 months, 1 week ago

China executes former official Li Jianping involved in corruption case

The Hindu  

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 more than $421 million. “Li was found guilty by an intermediate court earlier of embezzling a staggering three billion yuan in illegal gains — the largest sum involved in a single …

Anti-corruption fight will not spare even the 'small flies'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-corruption fight will not spare even the 'small flies'

China Daily  

The Communist Party of China is currently carrying out a nationwide Party discipline education campaign, showcasing that rigorous self-governance is continuously in progress. The Chinese people know that "big tigers" mean corrupt high-ranking officials, "foxes" refer to corrupt officials and criminal suspects who flee to other countries and regions to escape punishment, and "flies" mean lower-level officials and workers who …

Anti-corruption fight will not spare even the 'small flies'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-corruption fight will not spare even the 'small flies'

China Daily  

The Communist Party of China is currently carrying out a nationwide Party discipline education campaign, showcasing that rigorous self-governance is continuously in progress. The Chinese people know that "big tigers" mean corrupt high-ranking officials, "foxes" refer to corrupt officials and criminal suspects who flee to other countries and regions to escape punishment, and "flies" mean lower-level officials and workers who …

Xi stresses winning anti-graft fight
1 year, 2 months ago

Xi stresses winning anti-graft fight

China Daily  

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Jan 8, 2024. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on Monday for targeted and sustained efforts …

Xi Jinping tells officials they are ‘being followed by shadows’ as he cracks down on corruption
1 year, 4 months ago

Xi Jinping tells officials they are ‘being followed by shadows’ as he cracks down on corruption

The Telegraph  

Chinese officials should feel like they are being “followed by shadows”, Xi Jinping, the president, has said as he continues his crackdown on corruption. Mr Xi gave his warning at a meeting of the Central Auditing Commission in May, but the previously unpublished speech was revealed in Qiushi, the leading Communist Party journal this week, the South China Morning Post …

China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft
2 years, 5 months ago

China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553. At a briefing Monday on the sidelines of the party’s national congress held every five years, the deputy secretary of the party’s Committee for Discipline and Inspection, Xiao Pei, said 207,000 party …

China official gets life imprisonment for corruption amid Xi Jinping's crackdown
2 years, 6 months ago

China official gets life imprisonment for corruption amid Xi Jinping's crackdown

Hindustan Times  

A Chinese court sentenced a former top security official to life in prison, completing a crackdown on the “political clique” he led just weeks before a crucial Communist Party reshuffle. Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Former Vice Public Security Minister Sun Lijun, 53, was given a suspended death sentence with no possibility …

What’s Driving Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive?
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s Driving Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive?

The Diplomat  

Over the last several years, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption has swept up dozens of senior officers in the Chinese military. Nonetheless, Xi’s multiple drives against corruption, not just in the military, but in the Chinese Communist Party and among entrepreneurs as well, have also spawned the use of the Chinese media to reveal to the public the …

Party's story remains one of success as it nears 100
7 years, 8 months ago

Party's story remains one of success as it nears 100

China Daily  

Members of the Communist Party of China from the regional armed police force in Hubei province take oaths before the Party flag in Wuhan, Hubei province, June 29, 2017, ahead of the 96th anniversary of the CPC. "Political legitimacy comes from competence and prosperity," said Zhang Weiwei, director of Fudan University's Institute of China Studies. Xin Ming, a professor at …

Premier Li vows clean governance, crackdown on financial corruption
7 years, 11 months ago

Premier Li vows clean governance, crackdown on financial corruption

China Daily  

Updated : 2017-04-10 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has vowed more efforts in promoting clean governance, stressing reinforced supervision over the use of state assets and harsh crackdown on financial corruption. Li said China has achieved new and important progress in clean governance and corruption fight in 2016, but there are still problems requiring stronger measures, according to a full text …

China's top anti-graft body to keep high pressure on corruption
8 years, 2 months ago

China's top anti-graft body to keep high pressure on corruption

China Daily  

BEIJING - China's top anti-graft authority has pledged to maintain a tough stance on corruption in 2017 and promote "comprehensively and strictly governing the Party" to go deeper. Efforts are needed to maintain a sound intra-Party political environment and prepare for the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress to be held this year, according to a communique released after …

Xi: Strict discipline required
8 years, 2 months ago

Xi: Strict discipline required

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the seventh plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Jan. 6, 2017. Election fraud must not occur, president tells watchdog meeting President Xi Jinping required on Friday strict discipline in personnel reshuffles to prevent election fraud ahead of a key meeting of the Communist Party of China …

Xi: Strict discipline required
8 years, 2 months ago

Xi: Strict discipline required

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the seventh plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Jan. 6, 2017. Election fraud must not occur, president tells watchdog meeting President Xi Jinping required on Friday strict discipline in personnel reshuffles to prevent election fraud ahead of a key meeting of the Communist Party of China …

Top leadership to maintain fight against corruption
8 years, 2 months ago

Top leadership to maintain fight against corruption

China Daily  

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presides over a Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting in Beijing on Dec 27, 2016. In 2017 existing corruption should be reduced, and any rise in corruption contained, said a statement released after a Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting Wednesday. Recent years have seen huge progress …

China's Xi lashes out at political cliques, election fraud
8 years, 4 months ago

China's Xi lashes out at political cliques, election fraud

China Daily  

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has lashed out at graft and political conspiracy in the Party and called for an uncorrupt "political ecology." Xi made the remarks during the sixth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee last week when explaining two documents on the discipline of the Party that were approved …

China’s Communist Party raises Xi to symbolic ‘core’ status
8 years, 4 months ago

China’s Communist Party raises Xi to symbolic ‘core’ status

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s Communist Party elevated President Xi Jinping to the position of “core” leader on Thursday, underscoring his clout and strengthening his dominance ahead of a reshuffle in the top ranks next year. A key party meeting this week called on all members to unite around the party leadership with “Comrade Xi Jinping as the core,” according to a …

Over 800 punished in 2015 under China's anti-corruption campaign
9 years ago

Over 800 punished in 2015 under China's anti-corruption campaign

Firstpost  

Over 800 individuals and 928 companies with bribery records were punished in China last year under President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption in the Communist nation. Beijing: Over 800 individuals and 928 companies with bribery records were punished in China last year under President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption in the Communist nation. Last year, procuratorates across China accepted more …

28 high-ranking Chinese officials probed for corruption in 2014
10 years ago

28 high-ranking Chinese officials probed for corruption in 2014

China Daily  

28 high-ranking Chinese officials probed for corruption in 2014 Updated: 2015-03-12 09:30:09 BEIJING - A total of 28 officials at the provincial or ministerial level and higher were placed under judicial investigation for corruption last year, according to a report of China's top procurator. The officials included Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau …

China probing retired security czar Zhou Yongkang
10 years, 7 months ago

China probing retired security czar Zhou Yongkang

CNN  

Story highlights NEW: "It's almost certain" Zhou would be put on trial, a longtime political observer says Zhou had been on the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee He had been rumored to be under house arrest before Tuesday's announcement If indicted, he would be the highest-ranking PRC official ever to face corruption charges Beijing CNN — After months of intense political …

Eradicate corruption at its root
11 years, 2 months ago

Eradicate corruption at its root

China Daily  

The fight against corruption should focus more on eradicating graft and power abuse at the root, instead of punishing individual corrupt officials, says an article of the China Business News. Excerpts: Party chief Xi Jinping stressed recently that China will continue to fight corruption with heavy penalties and great resolve. Since November 2012, nearly 20 senior officials have been sacked …

Strikes against corruption
11 years, 8 months ago

Strikes against corruption

China Daily  

The anti-corruption campaign launched by China's new leadership since taking office in November has culminated in the suspended death sentence delivered to Liu Zhijun on Monday for bribery and abuse of power. According to the court's indictment, Liu, the former railways minister, was responsible for "huge losses of public assets". On Saturday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the …

Anti-corruption fight will be arduous
11 years, 8 months ago

Anti-corruption fight will be arduous

China Daily  

Several ministerial-level officials are reportedly under investigation as the new leaders apply an iron hand in fighting corruption, says an editorial in Beijing News. Li Daqiu, a vice-ministerial level official in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is under investigation, according to reports. He is only one of several senior officials that have come under anti-corruption investigation since the 18th Party …

Corruption may lead to unrest: Xi
12 years, 4 months ago

Corruption may lead to unrest: Xi

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of China’s General Secretary Xi Jinping has begun his term as head of the party by delivering a strong warning to the new Politburo, cautioning that unchecked corruption could bring about social instability and even cause the collapse of the State. State-run newspapers reported that Mr. Xi told the meeting corruption was like “worms breeding in decaying …

100,000 cadres punished in graft probe
18 years, 1 month ago

100,000 cadres punished in graft probe

China Daily  

Updated: 2007-02-13 19:34 BEIJING - Nearly 100,000 members of the Communist Party of China were punished last year for corruption, but eradicating graft in the near future remains a huge challenge, according to a senior official. "Solving the problem of corruption in a short time is almost impossible," Gan Yisheng, a senior party discipline and oversight official, told a press …

China toughens crackdown on corrpution
18 years, 2 months ago

China toughens crackdown on corrpution

China Daily  

Updated: 2007-01-09 20:20 BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday pledged a more severe and systematic crackdown on corruption in a key-note speech delivered at a national anti-graft conference. Hu told senior Party officials and the 110 CCDI members attending the session that they should continue to work on investigating "major and high-level corruption cases" and sternly punishing crooked …

China cracking down on public servants bribery
18 years, 10 months ago

China cracking down on public servants bribery

China Daily  

China cracking down on public servants bribery Updated: 2006-05-17 20:28 The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Wednesday announced that since the beginning of this year, relevant departments have severely penalized public servants who accepted bribes in commercial activities. As a result, 4,367 commercial corruption cases have been put on file and are being probed, and 674 cases have …

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