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16 October, 2024
China celebrate Xie Wenneng’s goal against Australia, but the team are bottom of their World Cup qualifying group. Photo: Reuters
Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Football glory will earn China more respect than Olympic golds, expert says

A meeting of the State Council set the objective of moving Chinese football into ‘new phase’ after years of underachievement.

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Disgraced top China banker married son’s girlfriend, causing his chronic depression

China’s Communist Party

Will corruption probe into ideology top brass Miao Hua affect China’s military?

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese Premier pledges to crack down on unfair targeting of private firms

Companies have complained of being unjustly targeted by law enforcement to raise funds for cash-strapped local governments.

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Premier Li Qiang promised further measures to improve the business environment. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Chinese football corrupt to the core, and recent crackdown not the end: observers

The recent jailing of former player and coach Li Tie, along with other high-level figures, may only be the tips of a massive iceberg.

China’s Communist Party

Face up to graft to stop interest groups ‘preying’ on party, Chinese leader says

In newly released comments, Xi Jinping said Communist Party members have to ‘identify and solve our own problems’.

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese football legend and Everton player Li Tie gets 20 years for corruption

The national men’s team coach and former English Premier League player is the latest high-profile sports figure to fall in China’s anti-graft campaign.

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Former soccer star Li Tie, who played for Everton and coached China’s national team, has been jailed for corruption. Photo: Reuters
Chinese Football Association (CFA)

China jails 2 more former top football officials for bribery amid crackdown

Liu Yi was handed an 11-year sentence and fined 3.6 million yuan, while fellow CFA official Tan Hai was given 6.5 years and 200,000 yuan fine.

China’s Communist Party

China’s graft watchdog targets villages in national anti-corruption campaign

About 77,000 village officials were reprimanded in first three quarters of this year.

China’s Communist Party

Another Hainan ‘tiger’ tangled in a Chinese corruption investigation

Haikou Communist Party boss Luo Zengbin is the 54th senior official to face a discipline investigation this year.

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Luo Zengbin is the fourth prominent official to be brought down this year in a series of crackdowns that have shaken the top levels of power in Hainan. Photo: Weibo
Yuan

China’s digital yuan roared out of the gate, but stumbling blocks have popped up

Corruption and a slow adoption of the e-CNY risk undermining the groundbreaking progress that China’s digital currency has made over the past decade.

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The cumulative transaction value of China’s digital yuan had reached 7 trillion yuan (US$968 billion) as of the end of June. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Fifa rejects CFA life ban on South Korea’s Son, club boss calls China ‘unstable’

Son Jun-ho was detained in China for 10 months ‘on suspicion of accepting bribes’ and was one of 43 people banned.

China’s Communist Party

China investigates head of Shanghai’s free-trade zone for corruption

Zhu Zhisong, Communist Party chief of Pudong New Area, is among a number of aerospace veterans under a cloud.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s move to centralise oversight of financial sector shouldn’t be feared

Stronger party control over the financial sector will allow the building of a more cohesive framework for further orderly decentralisation.

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President Xi Jinping (centre) speaks at the five-yearly central financial work conference in Beijing on October 31, 2023, where the strengthening of centralised and unified leadership over the financial sector was emphasised. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Former China Geological Survey head charged with bribery, leaking state secrets

Zhong Ziran, 62, is the most senior natural resources official to have faced a corruption investigation in recent months.

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Zhong Ziran headed the China Geological Survey from 2014 to 2022. He was expelled from the party and arrested earlier this year. Photo: Handout
China Internet Report

Ex-CCTV host Rui Chenggang resurfaces on YouTube, dismisses ‘various scandals’

Controversial former host, known for interviewing world leaders, vanished 10 years ago amid corruption probe at state broadcaster.

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China’s Communist Party

How did a minor Chinese official pocket ‘more than US$400 million’ and flee?

Li Chuanliang, ex-deputy mayor of a lower-tier Heilongjiang city, will be tried in absentia, regional court says in full-page public notice.

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Lessons from China's history

Reflections | When officials in drought-prone part of China committed huge fraud

In a case that shocked China 250 years ago, officials were punished for fraud involving donations in return for university places.

A culprit before a magistrate in 18th century China in an 1801 engraving for a British magazine. Photo: Getty Images

China arrests former insurance exec Li Quan in sweeping anti-corruption campaign

The former chairman of New China Life Insurance is accused of embezzlement and bribery, and has been expelled from Communist Party.

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Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Official corruption isn’t new, but first recorded case in China was unusual

Yangshe Fu, Chinese history’s first recorded corrupt official, was killed after accepting a nobleman’s daughter as a bribe in a court case.

China society

Opinion | Can China find a way out of its moral crisis?

Whether the country’s ethical decline has worsened or not, the current situation is dire and must be addressed through education.

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Children read the Analects at the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong province, on June 27, 2023. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Tang Yijun, China’s ex-justice chief, faces graft charges, expelled from party

Tang, who is accused of helping family members obtain business deals and taking bribes, will be indicted, anti-corruption agency says.

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Tang Yijun, former justice minister from the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi, will face indictment on charges of corruption and misconduct, China’s top anti-corruption agency said. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

China throws the book: more corruption suspects hit with illicit reading claims

Growing number of disgraced officials being accused by anti-corruption agencies of reading forbidden books, cited as disloyalty to the party.

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China’s Communist Party

Why do so many Chinese officials fall for fake promises of political charlatans?

Party insiders who should know better are being targeted by tricksters claiming connections and influence, despite crackdowns.

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China’s Communist Party

China’s anti-corruption watchdog on track to top 2023 ‘tigers’ record

Four officials held over past fortnight take total to highest for January to September, one short of the record 45 for the whole of 2023.

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Li Gang, a CCDI disciplinary head who had been deputed to the Communist Party’s top personnel office, is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”. Photo: Weibo/ 球场见626
China’s rocket force

China ICBM test a sign PLA Rocket Force stands ready despite corruption scandals

Analysts say ballistic missile launch may be aimed at proving ‘credibility’ and combat ability of PLA division swept up in anti-graft probe.

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The PLA Rocket Force launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in China’s first known ICBM test in 44 years. Photo: AFP / Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre
Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Player lifts lid on match-fixing in Chinese football: ‘there was no escaping it’

Player, who is in his mid-30s, lifts lid on corruption and says clubs in China second tier would deliberately lose on weekly basis.

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China official infamous for keeping 58 staff members as lovers jailed for corruption

Official was nicknamed ‘beautiful governor’ during her time in power.

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