Nov 29, 2023 19:15 PM

Former Guangdong Prison Chief Expelled From Party for Graft
Li Jingyan has also been booted from public office for misconduct including ‘wanting to be an official as well as getting rich,’ local authorities say
Nov 28, 2023 20:21 PM

Chinese Court Begins Hearing Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
Relatives of dozens of passengers on flight MH370 are seeking up to 80 million yuan each in compensation from the carrier, as well as Boeing, Rolls-Royce and Allianz
Nov 28, 2023 16:59 PM

Politburo Deliberates New Rules to Tighten Party Control Over Foreign Affairs
The top decision-making body emphasizes need to ‘strengthen the centralized and unified leadership’ of the party over foreign affairs
Nov 25, 2023 06:32 AM

Chinese Graduate School Applicants Drop for First Time in Nine Years
Odds stacked against young job seekers: gloomy employment picture cuts value of graduate education, students say; more selective entrance standard is another turn-off
Nov 24, 2023 21:02 PM

China Vows Crackdown as Child Trafficking Helps Drive Birth Certificate Sales
The underground trade has persisted as the fraudulent identification is often used to conceal criminal activity or circumvent strict rules outlawing surrogacy
Nov 24, 2023 19:09 PM

China Announces Measures to Fight Wave of Respiratory Infections in Kids
State Council orders strengthened health surveillance in schools and increased vaccinations for at-risk groups
Nov 23, 2023 21:01 PM

China Battles Surge in Respiratory Infections Among Children
Hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou, have recorded a spike in mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, with some facilities in the capital already at full capacity
Nov 22, 2023 16:23 PM

Former Deputy Provincial Party Chief Gets 14 Years for Graft
Zhang Jinghua, ex-deputy secretary of Jiangsu province’s party committee, accepted around $7 million in bribes to help others win contracts and promotions
Nov 17, 2023 20:30 PM

How a Joint Ticket by Taiwan’s Opposition Would Play Out in January’s Election
The Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party will collaborate in the poll, threatening the incumbent ruling party’s eight-year grip on power
Nov 17, 2023 19:34 PM

Ex-Senior Provincial Official Stung in China’s Sweeping Corruption Probe
Former deputy head of Sichuan’s top political advisory body Yang Kening is being investigated for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’
Nov 16, 2023 20:23 PM

Xi-Biden Meeting Yields Pledge for Better Military Communications, Anti-Drug Cooperation
The Chinese and U.S. presidents agreed to resume high-level communication between the two countries’ militaries and better cooperate in combating illicit drugs such as fentanyl
Nov 15, 2023 19:58 PM

Local Hospital Officials Get Prison Time for Selling Birth Certificates
Three former senior administrators in Henan have been sentenced to up to eight years, while others in Hubei and Guangdong are in police custody
Nov 14, 2023 19:38 PM

China Releases New Rules to Strengthen Penalties Against Telecom Scams
The move aims to toughen punishments not only for fraudsters, but also their facilitators, including those in the financial, telecom and internet industries
Nov 14, 2023 04:07 AM

China Tells Government Units to Book Events at Fancy Hotels
Tourism Ministry proposes reversing 11-year-old corruption-fighting ban on using star-rated facilities as Beijing focuses on expanding tourism industry capacity
Nov 14, 2023 03:46 AM

Investigators Probe Fatal Fall of Businessman Implicated in Corruption Probe
Before his death, the chairman of a Changzhou-based company said in a last testament that he was coerced into confessing to accepting $1.1 million from a local official
Nov 13, 2023 18:46 PM

Wanted in China: Four Myanmar Telecom Scam Ring Leaders
The four are wanted for alleged crimes that go well beyond fraud, including assault, kidnapping and murder
Nov 13, 2023 16:38 PM

Provincial Health Chief Turns Himself In for Graft Probe
Zhu Hong, head of Guangdong’s health commission, is being investigated for ‘suspected serious violations of discipline and law’
Nov 10, 2023 19:35 PM

Why Parts of China Are Sinking
Poor construction planning and excessive groundwater extraction are the primary causes of land subsidence, which has struck in dozens of cities across the country
Nov 10, 2023 19:02 PM

Chinese Authorities Identify 11 Suspects in Fatal Gym Collapse
This is the second gymnasium collapse in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province in just over three months, raising concerns about building safety in the region
Nov 09, 2023 19:25 PM

In Depth: Why Foreign Degrees Have Lost Their Luster for Chinese Graduates
With a record 11.6 million new domestic college graduates, soaring youth unemployment, and companies scaling back hiring post-pandemic, the odds are stacked against overseas grads