We Chinese: Jimmy Lai Sentenced To Twenty Years In Prison
Jimmy Lai, 78, the founder of Apple Daily, has been sentenced by a Hong Kong court to 20 years in prison after being convicted on […]
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We Chinese: Triad Connections Cited In Arrests Of 21 Housing Estate Officials
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has arrested 21 people over bribery allegations to secure renovation contracts at two housing estates in Kwun Tong, involving […]
We Chinese: Democracy Activist, Jimmy Lai, Could Face Life Imprisonment After Conviction
After spending five years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement since his 2020 arrest, 78-year-old Jimmy Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, was […]
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, […]
That Bo Xilai trial in full: Part One
The scene: a tense ‘open’ courtroom in Jinan Supreme Court, Shandong province. Three judges, dressed in black, enter. Clerk: All rise, all rise, for the Honorable […]
Bo Xilai hopes sexy new look will help his case
By KENDING YOU ZUIDELegal Correspondent QINCHENG (China Daily Show) – Bo Xilai’s stylist today unveiled a dramatic new look for the disgraced former Chongqing politician, […]
‘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 […]
China’s black jails get a lick of fuschia
By HEI JIANYUCrime Correspondent QIUTAOSHANZHANG (China Daily Show) – Standing in front of a well-known ‘black jail’ in Shanxi province, Officer Gu Laofung looks amused. “Looking […]
China: ‘Everything wrong with this place will be fixed in about three years’
By Mei ShierStability Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – Facing mounting social unrest and an economy in slowdown, a defiant Chinese government hit back yesterday […]
Nothing to see here, as blind activist flees kidnappers, while family is beaten senseless
By ZHUO MICANGLegal Correspondent LINYI (China Daily Show) — Rule of law was successfully upheld in China yesterday after a blind activist fled illegal detention, […]