We Chinese: What do you think of Zhou Yongkang’s hidden fortune?
Reuters says that assets worth $14.5 billion, belonging to former security chief Zhou Yongkang, have been seized in an unprecedented corruption investigation. What do you […]
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So you’re watching the NPC: a useful guide
China’s annual National People’s Congress (NPC) – also known as the Two Sessions or lianghui – began at 9am this morning and already, delegates and media are […]
Poll: 85% of women ‘love deep reform’
A new poll, conducted last year, shows overwhelming public approval for the vaguely worded communiqué issued yesterday to mark the end of the historic Third Plenum. […]
17 reasons to get excited about the Third Plenum
The streets are tense with security; the people are twitchy with nervous exhaustion. Talk to the citizens of China and the indifference is palpable in […]
Bo Xilai acquitted
By BO KUANGYILegal Correspondent JINAN (China Daily Show) — Amid scenes of unheard-of drama in Shandong, former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai was, this morning, […]
‘People’s Daily’ publishes devastating exposé of corruption at the highest levels of power
By WUDE WUXIN MEIGUORENCorruption Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – Top leaders are utterly corrupt and their self-serving policies are denying citizens even their basic constitutional […]
Red Cross donation misdirected into hands of selfish orphan
By LUO GUANCorruption Correspondent LUSHAN (China Daily Show) – The Red Cross has pledged to investigate, after a sum of money intended to line the pockets […]
‘New York Times’ reporter found crushed under 40 tons of incriminating documents
By XI MEITEIWestern Media Correspondent SHANGHAI (China Daily Show) – It was a day of mourning at the China offices of the New York Times today, after […]
500,000 live fish miraculously pulled out of Shanghai river
By SHUI ZHUYUAgriculture Correspondent SHANGHAI (China Daily Show) – In what some are describing as “the final straw,” nearly half-a-million still-living fish have been pulled […]
‘Let’s just do this,’ says impatient Bo Xilai
By TUO KOUXIUCrime Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – An exasperated Bo Xilai yesterday issued an impatient ultimatum to Beijing officials: just put me on […]