The Irish Times

Xi Jinping on course to resurrect Mao’s ‘chairman’ role

Long-serving president already general secretary of the party and head of the military

Wed Aug 26 2020 - 18:00

Xi Jinping’s power play leads from dusty caves to China supremacy

The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 01:00

Interpol chief investigated for bribery, says Chinese ministry

Meng Hongwei resigns from agency as ministry says task force will investigate claims

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 12:18

Interpol head reported missing after trip home to China

International police agency says disappearance is a ‘matter for French, China authorities’

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 13:41

Thousands of Chinese officials punished for breaking frugality rules

Ex-internet czar Lu Wei also charged with bribery in anti-corruption campaign

Tue Jul 31 2018 - 13:35

China jails former Communist boss for life for corruption

Chongqing party boss Sun Zhengcai took millions in bribes, court says

Tue May 08 2018 - 07:29

Xi Jinping boosts his authoritarian rule as China’s parliament ends

Xi likely to become even more assertive about what he says China wants

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 17:37

China’s annual parliament reappoints Xi Jinping

National People's Congress also names head of a new anti-graft agency

Sun Mar 18 2018 - 16:23

China says 1,300 fugitive graft suspects brought back last year

Some 347 of the fugitives returned were corrupt cadres, says Communist Party

Mon Jan 15 2018 - 12:23

China’s former top internet czar faces corruption investigation

Lu Wei is first ‘tiger’ to be taken down since Communist Party congress, says watchdog

Wed Nov 22 2017 - 11:00

China’s Xi Jinping steps up anti-corruption drive

Nationwide crackdown on ‘schemers and plotters’ to include non-party members

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 17:09

Chinese communists must be wary of religion, party newspaper warns

Superstition breeds corruption, the People’s Daily says

Thu Oct 12 2017 - 20:51

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

Tough, strong, generous: Xi Jinping’s reputation gets a polish ahead of key congress

An exhibition lays out the achievements of the Chinese president’s five years in power

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 12:22

Long March legend a mainstay of Chinese communist lore

Beijing Letter: Exhibitions, operas and films celebrate Mao Zedong’s crowning glory

Tue Nov 22 2016 - 16:00

China anti-corruption TV show a hit as party plenum closes

Conclave promises to crack down harder on graft, and weeping cadres act as a warning

Fri Oct 28 2016 - 17:43

China’s anti-graft campaign ratchets up in Shanxi province

Investigators say they are focusing on the secretive ‘Shanxi Gang

Mon Sept 19 2016 - 18:35

Retail outlets collateral damage of Chinese military reform

People’s Liberation Army is quitting commerce to focus on military activities

Thu Sept 01 2016 - 01:00

Panama Papers: China silent on links to political leaders

Offshore account revelations go unpublished in media, online discussion banned

Thu Apr 07 2016 - 11:35

China urges solidarity from Hong Kong

The economy and graft-busting were also on the agenda at the National People’s Congress

Sun Mar 06 2016 - 18:19

China targets economic data chief in corruption inquiry

Wang Baoan under investigation by Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 12:50

China’s anti-corruption drive targets top university officials

College leaders ‘named and shamed’ for hedonism and fancy cars

Wed Nov 25 2015 - 09:57

Xi Jinping’s speech gives insight into China Communist Party machinations

Art should serve the people and not be slave to market, says president

Fri Oct 16 2015 - 01:00

Two senior Chinese Communist Party officials jailed for corruption

Former head of China National Petroleum Corp jailed for 16 years as part of a widespread crackdown on graft

Tue Oct 13 2015 - 15:52

China provincial governor investigated over corruption

Inquiry into former head of state energy giant is seen as part of wider crackdown

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 12:07

Communist Party leadership’s annual visit to Beidaihe in doubt

Political matters and China’s economy likely to dominate discussions -- if it happens

Mon Aug 10 2015 - 18:42

China’s former security chief sentenced to life for corruption

Zhou convicted of taking €18.5m in bribes and giving state secrets to fortune teller

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 07:55

China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life in prison

Yongkang is the most senior member of the Communist Party yet to be punished

Thu Jun 11 2015 - 12:11

China’s Zhou Yongkang spied on leaders, inquiry finds

Report show former security chief authorised wiretaps on elite, including Xi Jinping

Tue Apr 21 2015 - 23:19

Former Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang charged with corruption

Leniency unlikely to be shown to 72 year old accused of abuse of power

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00

Chinese court launches broadside against disgraced official

Trial against former security czar Zhou Yongkang expected to take place soon

Thu Mar 19 2015 - 16:55

One of China’s richest gang bosses is executed

Mafia-like organisation allegedly owned assets of €5.7bn and controlled 70 companies

Tue Feb 10 2015 - 19:41

China’s corruption campaign takes aim at banking sector

Top banker under investigation as anti-graft probe widens its remit

Tue Feb 10 2015 - 16:09

China’s anti-corruption crusade may be strategy to keep power

Communist elite’s purges seen by some as pretext for removing rivals

Mon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00