William Zheng
Senior Correspondent, China
William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singaporean media organisations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now a senior correspondent on the China desk at the Post.
William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singaporean media organisations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now a senior correspondent on the China desk at the Post.
Areas of Expertise:
Politics and policies in mainland China and its repercussions to the rest of Greater ChinaLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Highly regarded employee who handled international business for Chinese military trading firm arrested for leaking sensitive information.
Wider campaign is now increasingly about how officials use their power, whether they toe the line, and what they do in their private lives.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign, which started 13 years ago, has seen hundreds of top officials fall from grace.
China’s past CCDI annual plenums stress intensifying efforts to combat corruption where ‘power, funds and resources are concentrated’.
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China’s anti-graft push has expanded to those who once felt shielded, from retired cadres and local bosses to the investigators themselves.
The anti-corruption campaign has been President Xi Jinping’s signature policy since he took power in 2012. More than a decade on, far from losing steam it is instead speeding up.
As he laid the groundwork for China’s economic transformation, the tough reformer won a reputation for speaking bluntly.
A 12-part documentary on the former leader is screening nightly, with President Xi Jinping expected to lead a grand ceremony on Monday.
Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up.
The plane was grounded for inspection at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, delaying passengers by four hours.
Rescuers still searching for child, who was taken across a causeway by two adults in Zhejiang when a typhoon warning was already in place.
Beijing’s anti-corruption clean-up of the military reflects a historic commitment to party control, ensuring the armed forces strictly serve party goals.
Montana Republican is helping narrow differences on issues expected to dominate summit planned for September in Washington, source says.
The Chongqing disaster two weeks ago swept away several residential buildings and buried others in gigantic boulders and mud.
Politburo calls on Central Committee to draw on the ‘valuable experience’ from the anti-corruption campaign.
Disease now spreading more quickly than flu, as experts say conditions for spreading the virus in summer and winter are ‘converging’.
Beijing allocates US$7.4 million for rescue and relief as equipment, including life search gear and slope radar, is sent to disaster zone.
US president’s prime-time address draws sharp backlash from immigrants who fear a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes.
The former Xinjiang party chief ‘lost his ideals and beliefs’ and betrayed the party’s principles, watchdog finds.
The storm, which brought major cities such as Shanghai and Hangzhou to a standstill, is still expected to bring torrential rain to many areas.
Media outlet says incident coincided with end of Salaknib 2026 joint military exercise also involving US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
State broadcaster CCTV shows the first footage of the weapons being fired at a training camp somewhere in the Gobi Desert.
With help from Pakistani and Qatari mediators, teams from Washington and Tehran try to shore up a ceasefire.
Beijing is aggressively defending the box office smash from claims it is a tool to boost influence over the Chinese diaspora.
AmCham HK delegation expected to meet high-ranking US State Department official as part of annual trip to Washington, sources say.
‘Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building’ emphasises strict discipline, centralised leadership and wiping out corruption.
Report finds many local Chinese officials are weighed down by bureaucratic demands that prioritise paperwork and compliance over tangible results.
New regulations for content creators unveiled as cyber police punish two web users for trolling village official over ‘gold’ earrings.
The 73-year-old who retired nine years ago from the CCDI is suspected of ‘serious violations of discipline and law’.
