The Irish Times

China’s anti-graft campaign nets 1.34 million ‘flies’ in five years

President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corrupt communists are a key plank of policy

Mon Oct 09 2017 - 20:26

Letter from Chongqing: Corpses on the Yangtze and ghosts in the city

This vast metropolis, as big as Austria, is finally laying the spectre of Bo Xilai to rest

Tue Apr 26 2016 - 18:33

Panama Papers: Putting the pieces of a Chinese puzzle together

Leaked documents provide new information about offshore holdings of powerful families in China

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 20:46

Panama Papers: dealings by relatives of party figures in China

China condemns papers as western conspiracy and censors reports of offshore deals

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 01:00

China condemns Panama Papers as a ‘Western conspiracy’

Censors in China restrict access to coverage of the leaked cache of files

Tue Apr 05 2016 - 09:21

Crackdown on corruption causes tremors

Chinese authorities are on a mission to clean up financial markets

Tue Dec 22 2015 - 04:00

Scuffles at trial of China rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang

Diplomats also jostled as they try to gain entry to the three-hour trial in Beijing

Mon Dec 14 2015 - 17:55

Ally of disgraced Chinese Communist Party leader dies in prison

Bo Xilai’s associate, tycoon Xu Ming, was key witness in his high-profile trial

Sun Dec 06 2015 - 15:30

Leading figure in Chinese espionage at centre of anti-corruption investigation

A clampdown on graft has been declared ‘a matter of life or death’

Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00

President Higgins visit: the challenges facing today’s China

In the first of a series Clifford Coonan analyses Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive

Mon Dec 01 2014 - 01:00

Son of China’s former security chief held in corruption probe

Former politburo member Zhou Yongkang linked to investigation

Mon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00

Bo Xilai loses appeal against life sentence

Former senior Chinese official convicted of taking €3.26m in illegal payments from prominent businessmen

Sat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00

Court to allow Bo Xilai appeal conviction

Former Chinese politician sentenced last month to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power

Thu Oct 10 2013 - 01:51

China jails Bo Xilai for life for corruption

Former Politburo member convicted of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power

Sun Sept 22 2013 - 08:30

Chinese prosecutors seek severe punishment for Bo Xilai

Former Communist Party star continues his defiance as trial for corruption ends

Tue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00

Prosecutors demand harsh punishment as Bo trial ends

China court says verdict will come at a later date, possibly within a few weeks

Mon Aug 26 2013 - 07:30

Former police chief a liar ‘of vile character’, Bo Xilai says

Disgraced Chinese politician denounces his wife, Gu Kailai, as insane and angry

Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00

Disgraced politician Bo Xilai dismisses ‘insane’ wife’s evidence

Gu Kailai testifies husband ‘must have known’ about gifts to her from tycoons

Sat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00

China’s Bo calls wife mad after she testifies against him

Gu Kailai says her husband knew of money and a villa in France given to couple

Fri Aug 23 2013 - 09:43

Bo in fighting mood as graft trial begins

Corruption trial of former rising star of Communist Party likely to end today

Fri Aug 23 2013 - 01:01

China’s Xilai recants bribery confession as trial begins

Disgraced politician denies charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power in startlingly forthright terms

Thu Aug 22 2013 - 09:39

Bo Xilai looks certain to be found guilty as corruption trial begins

Former Communist Party leader in Chongqing likely to escape death penalty if convicted

Thu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00

Bo Xilai case set to be China’s trial of the century

Son appeals for justice ahead of corruption trial

Wed Aug 21 2013 - 01:03

Rapid fall from grace for former Communist Party ‘Princeling’

Bo Xilai finds himself isolated and alone in China’s trial of the century

Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00

Hardly a ripple in China over JPMorgan

Prevailing attitude to US investigation is hiring ‘princelings’ to gain influence happens all the time

Mon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00

Mother of murdered British businessman appeals to China for compensation

Ann Heywood says she has made no progress seeking compensation

Mon Aug 12 2013 - 16:28

Bo Xilai charged with corruption

‘Princeling’ of Chinese Communist Party likely to be sentenced within month

Fri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00

Bo Xilai trial for bribery and embezzlement expected to begin soon

Chinese politician linked to murder of British businessman Neil Heywood faces trial in the ‘short term’

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 17:23

‘I killed my mother and disobeyed the Chinese code on human relations within the family’

The story of one of the many families destroyed by the Cultural Revolution

Wed May 01 2013 - 06:07