Category Archives: Corruption

Commerce official Guo Jingyi convicted: fallout from Huang Guangyu

The fallout from the conviction of Huang Guangyu begins: a high ranking official from Ministry of Commerce is sentenced to death, with a two year reprieve.

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Huang Guangyu behind bars

When the Gome founder gets 14 years in prison for a massive insider trading scandal, the mainland media imagines him locked up.

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Southern Weekly on how to deal with “naked officials”

Naked official Pang Jiayu in the happier days that existed before he was sentenced to 12 years for corruption (image source) According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, around 4,000 corrupt officials fled the mainland between 1978 and 2003, taking more … Continue reading

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Harnessing human search engines for government use

There’s a ‘human flesh search engine’ effort on to uncover the personal data of two reporters who wrote unflattering things about a local government construction project in Jiangsu.

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Website tracks corrupt cadres under investigation

A website tracking corrupt officials under investigation.

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When bribery backfires

New revelations in the gift diary story: Guns! Corruption! Discipline and probation!

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