Category Archives: Crime and Corruption

Both Xi Jinping and Zhou Yongkang meet with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Posted on 2012-04-13 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of today’s People’s Daily features the headline, “Use practical acts to maintain reform, development and stability.” The article says the majority of party members, cadres and the masses strongly support the CPC Central Committee’s decision to discipline Bo Xilai and … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily: “People must unify their thinking and rally behind the CPC Central Committee”

Posted on 2012-04-12 by Allison Carol Goldman

The People’s Daily , the official mouth-piece of the Communist Part of China, today features an article on its front page headlined: “Consciously maintain the good aspects of reform, development and stability.” The article states that the broad masses of Chinese cadres … Continue reading →

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Bo Xilai investigation and school bus regulations

Posted on 2012-04-11 by Allison Carol Goldman

China Youth Daily is a popular newspaper under the auspices of the Communist Youth League of China that claims a circulation of around 800,000. The largest headline on today’s front page is that the State Council has formally released new school bus … Continue reading →

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Purported open letter from Wang Lijun

Posted on 2012-02-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Wang Lijun affair continues to fascinate China. In a blog post titled Chongqing American TV drama, Han Han says he spent last night constantly refreshing the home page of the People’s Daily website, hoping to see some official announcement that would clarify what has … Continue reading →

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Vacation style medical treatment

Posted on 2012-02-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The first Chinese Internet meme of the Year of the Dragon has emerged: Image from Weibo – outside the U.S. Consulate On Thursday February 2, Chongqing’s Information Office announced that Wang Lijun (王立军)，the triad-busting police chief who has been working … Continue reading →

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Serial killers in China

Posted on 2012-01-13 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

Note: As we were finishing off this story about serial killers and mass murderers in China, news broke of a massive manhunt for murderer and armed robber Zeng Kaigui. Yang Shubin looked the part: fat and rich. At nightclubs, he would say … Continue reading →

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Child kidnapping in China: A case study

Posted on 2011-10-11 by C. Custer

This post is by C. Custer, editor in chief of ChinaGeeks. For the past year, he has been researching and filming a documentary about kidnapped children in China. This is the story of one of the subjects of the film. Mr. Liu and … Continue reading →

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Opening the door to American universities with lies

Posted on 2011-09-07 by Tim Hathaway

There’s a growing perception that American universities are admitting Chinese students based on fraudulent applications. How big is this problem, and who is responsible for it? Tim Hathaway investigated the problem for the Southern Weekly, and this is what he found: … Continue reading →

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