https://www.scmp.com/rss/96866/feed Chen Xitong was the mayor of Beijing between 1983 and 1993. He was widely believed to be one of the key decision-makers within the Communist Party of China responsible for the bloody crackdown of a student-led democracy movement in Beijing in 1989, which led to the death of at least hundreds of students. Chen was stripped of his party membership in 1997 in a corruption investigation and was sentenced to 16 years in jail in 1998. He died of cancer on June 2, 2013. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Chen Xitong's falling out with former president Jiang Zemin - which led to Chen's imprisonment 16 years ago - has followed the disgraced Beijing mayor to his grave, sources say. The family's wish to hold his funeral at Beijing's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was denied, a person who attended his funeral on Tuesday has told the South China Morning Post on condition of anonymity. Babaoshan is the resting place for many past party leaders.  The funeral of disgraced former party general secretary... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1258524/disgraced-ex-beijing-mayors-funeral-denied-national-anthem-and-flag?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1258524/disgraced-ex-beijing-mayors-funeral-denied-national-anthem-and-flag?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:15:49 +0000 The father of a student killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has described the death of former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong as retribution for the sins he committed 24 years ago, but said his demise would do nothing to change the official line on the bloody tragedy. Wang Fandi, whose 19-year-old son Wang Nan was killed while taking photos on Changan Avenue on June 4, 1989, said that from an historical perspective, Chen had been only a tragic bit player in the crackdown. "He was just a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253688/death-chen-xitong-retribution-his-sins-says-father-tiananmen-student?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253688/death-chen-xitong-retribution-his-sins-says-father-tiananmen-student?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Disgraced former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong – one of the main culprits blamed for the brutal crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square – has died at age 84, Hong Kong China News Agency (HKCNA) reported on Tuesday. HKCNA – a semi-official central government mouthpiece – quoted an unnamed source and said Chen had passed away. Two independent sources also confirmed Chen’s death to the South China Morning Post. One source said Chen died at 9:45am in Beijing last Sunday. Another... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253554/june-4-crackdown-mastermind-chen-xitong-dies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253554/june-4-crackdown-mastermind-chen-xitong-dies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:37:08 +0000 Two senior executives of a major Shanghai newspaper were removed or suspended yesterday, sources said, a day after a newspaper in Guangdong saw its editor-in-chief removed and a considerable amount of coverage cut. Lu Yan, publisher of the Oriental Morning Post, was transferred to head another division of the Shanghai-based Wenxin United Press Group that owns the paper, and deputy editor-in-chief Sun Jian was suspended, according to two sources at the newspaper who declined to be named. On... https://www.scmp.com/article/1007054/officials-crack-down-outspoken-shanghai-daily?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1007054/officials-crack-down-outspoken-shanghai-daily?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The Communist Party leadership's announcement last week to expel Liu Zhijun, the former minister of railways, and turn him over for criminal prosecution on corruption charges should come as no surprise. Since February of last year, Liu has been under investigation by the party's anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Liu's alleged crimes, including amassing a fortune through bribery and living a morally degenerate life, were established soon after his... https://www.scmp.com/article/1002942/beijing-wants-close-bo-case-soon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002942/beijing-wants-close-bo-case-soon?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Former Beijing party secretary Chen Xitong, widely believed to be a political enemy of liberal leaders Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang and to have actively plotted the latter's downfall, has heaped praise on both men and described himself as a fellow reformist. In a new book, Conversations with Chen Xitong, he is more critical of former president Jiang Zemin, former premier and National People's Congress chairman Li Peng and former president and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference... https://www.scmp.com/article/1002402/chen-xitong-praises-reformists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002402/chen-xitong-praises-reformists?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Disgraced Politburo member Chen Xitong was reluctant to talk about the past for fear of political repercussions until scholar Yao Jianfu mentioned a conversation he had with purged leader Zhao Ziyang. Yao, 80, said the interviews he had with Chen happened by chance and they had both worried that publishing the book could land them in trouble. But Yao, a former central government adviser, said he eventually decided to go ahead because he felt obliged to tell the public the true story. 'We are... https://www.scmp.com/article/1002401/chen-and-yaos-plan-set-record-straight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002401/chen-and-yaos-plan-set-record-straight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The story headlined 'Jiang behind my downfall, Chen suggests' on page A3 yesterday incorrectly stated the number of years since former Beijing party secretary Chen Xitong's corruption conviction. He was convicted 14 years ago, in 1998. https://www.scmp.com/article/1002442/corrections-clarifications?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002442/corrections-clarifications?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Disgraced former Beijing party boss Chen Xitong calls his corruption conviction 16 years ago 'the biggest injustice since the Cultural Revolution'. Continuing a fight to clear his name, the ailing Chen - who was once one of China's most powerful men but is now in the late stages of colon cancer - hints for the first time in soon-to-be-published interviews that he was a victim of a purge by then-president Jiang Zemin. The former Beijing party secretary and Politburo member dismissed as 'pure... https://www.scmp.com/article/1002292/jiang-behind-my-downfall-chen-suggests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1002292/jiang-behind-my-downfall-chen-suggests?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The unfolding scandal surrounding Bo Xilai - one of the few Politburo members also tasked with overseeing a municipality - has raised questions within the Communist Party about whether it should continue to appoint top brass as municipal or provincial leaders. Bo's downfall is officially said to be linked to corruption and the murder case of a British businessman. Bo is the third top regional party chief to be ousted for corruption or other wrongdoing, after former Beijing party secretary Chen... https://www.scmp.com/article/998672/party-rethinks-twin-role-postings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/998672/party-rethinks-twin-role-postings?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 There is speculation that ousted Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai might face the death penalty, after a People's Daily commentary mentioned the famous executions of two corrupt officials in 1952. However, some mainland analysts said drawing such a conclusion from Sunday's piece may be a bit of a stretch. The party mouthpiece ran the piece in the bottom-right corner of its front page, under a headline saying that those in high positions should always be alert and remind themselves to follow party... https://www.scmp.com/article/998509/hint-death-penalty-bo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/998509/hint-death-penalty-bo?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Premier Wen Jiabao is vowing more resolute anti-graft measures during his last year in office, according to an article to appear today in the party's mouthpiece magazine, Seeking Truth. The timing of the article has prompted speculation that corruption charges may be brought against the disgraced former party chief of Chongqing, Bo Xilai. Official agency Xinhua ran a preview summary of the report yesterday. In the piece, titled 'Let the power be exercised under the sunshine', Wen stresses that... https://www.scmp.com/article/998305/wens-anti-graft-article-could-point-bos-fate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/998305/wens-anti-graft-article-could-point-bos-fate?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Chen Liangyu found guilty of graft Former Shanghai party secretary Chen Liangyu was jailed for 18 years for corruption yesterday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party leader to be jailed for graft on the mainland in a decade. The Tianjin No 2 Intermediate People's Court declared Chen guilty of taking more than 2.39 million yuan in bribes and abuse of power. The court also stripped him of 300,000 yuan in assets, state media said. Chen, 61, avoided the death sentence. The court said:... https://www.scmp.com/article/633416/ex-shanghai-boss-jailed-18-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/633416/ex-shanghai-boss-jailed-18-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Officials from the financial capital remain a force despite moves to sideline the city When an article praising Shanghai appeared in People's Daily just a few weeks before the Communist Party congress, it sparked speculation. Had a resurgent 'Shanghai Gang' hijacked the front page of the party mouthpiece, or was it just an affirmation of the work of the city's new leader? With Shanghai's new party secretary, Xi Jinping , expected to be promoted at the meeting, the article (Glad to Hear Good... https://www.scmp.com/article/611155/shanghai-faction-still-part-gang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/611155/shanghai-faction-still-part-gang?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Chen Liangyu awaits his fate 'in good health' The ousted Communist Party boss of Shanghai, Chen Liangyu , was in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges and his health was good, a top disciplinary official said yesterday, a week after Chen was removed from all party and government positions. In September, Chen was removed from his position as the top leader of the mainland's commercial capital and his seat in the all-powerful Politburo of the ruling Communist Party for his role in the... https://www.scmp.com/article/602850/ousted-shanghai-boss-not-immune?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/602850/ousted-shanghai-boss-not-immune?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Former Beijing party boss Chen Xitong has been released on medical parole after serving eight years of his 16-year jail sentence for corruption in one of the most high-profile cases to affect the top echelons of the Communist Party leadership. Separately, former China Everbright Holdings chairman Zhu Xiaohua has also been released on medical parole after serving four years of a 15-year sentence for corruption. Sources close to Mr Chen said the 76-year-old was recently released into a top... https://www.scmp.com/article/557817/disgraced-former-party-chief-freed-medical-parole?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/557817/disgraced-former-party-chief-freed-medical-parole?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:00:00 +0000 More than 4,500 Beijing party members have been disciplined for graft-related violations over the past five years, a party official said. Cheng Shie, the party secretary of the city's disciplinary inspection committee, said in a meeting on Friday that 4,532 party members in Beijing had been disciplined for corruption-related offences which had cost the city more than 510 million yuan (HK$479 million), the semi-official China News Service reported. The disciplined officials included 738... https://www.scmp.com/article/380111/over-4500-beijing-party-members-punished-graft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/380111/over-4500-beijing-party-members-punished-graft?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 May 2002 16:00:00 +0000 BEIJING may cast its anti-corruption net wider by tackling graft cases involving ministerial-level cadres or above. Almost invariably, officials convicted of corruption or related crimes are only up to the level of vice-minister, vice-governor or equivalent. The exceptions have been graft cases with heavy political overtones, such as that of disgraced Beijing party chief Chen Xitong, a long-standing foe of President Jiang Zemin. A political source in Beijing said yesterday a... https://www.scmp.com/article/277135/graftbusters-set-target-senior-cadres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/277135/graftbusters-set-target-senior-cadres?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:00:00 +0000 Beijing's western railway station is a textbook example of shoddy standards and corruption which should serve as a warning on all new state infrastructure projects, the China Economic Times says. The station was a pet project of disgraced Beijing party boss Chen Xitong and was opened in 1995 by Li Peng as part of the capital's bid to host the Olympic Games. It was hailed as a triumph and Asia's biggest station. Now it turns out that even though the six billion yuan (HK$5.6 billion) project... https://www.scmp.com/article/253908/shoddy-station-symbol-graft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/253908/shoddy-station-symbol-graft?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:00:00 +0000 US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's televised confession last week to an 'inappropriate' relationship with Monica Lewinsky had many on the mainland bemused. Many drew parallels between Mr Clinton's situation and that of jailed former Beijing Communist Party secretary - and alleged womaniser - Chen Xitong. Chen was recently sentenced to 16 years' jail for corruption and dereliction of duty. In a televised court hearing in which his appeal was dismissed on Thursday, Chen's manner was defiant. He said... https://www.scmp.com/article/252643/bafflement-clintons-confession?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/252643/bafflement-clintons-confession?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:00:00 +0000 The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by disgraced Beijing party chief Chen Xitong against a 16-year jail term for corruption and an order to return all bribes. The verdict ends the case as no further appeals are allowed. It upheld the previous judgment saying the application of the law was correct and that the sentence and return of all bribes to the state treasury was an appropriate punishment for corruption and dereliction of duty. Chen's acceptance of bribes and the... https://www.scmp.com/article/252438/court-throws-out-disgraced-chens-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/252438/court-throws-out-disgraced-chens-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:00:00 +0000 BY China's standards, former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong got off lightly. Sixteen years in prison for corruption and dereliction of duty might seem harsh in Hong Kong terms, but it is light for the mainland, compared with sentences meted out to lowlier criminals and for lesser crimes. Chen may be released within five years. That, certainly, has been enough to anger the dissident groups who regard him as one of those responsible for the 1989 Beijing massacre, as well as those who believe he... https://www.scmp.com/article/250234/rule-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/250234/rule-law?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Aug 1998 16:00:00 +0000 The conviction of Chen Xitong poses as many questions as it answers. The 16-year jail term will go some way towards mollifying popular anger at the putative head of the Beijing 'mafia', the mastermind of perhaps the largest corruption ring in China since 1949. However, the real circumstances behind the multifarious crimes committed by Chen and his cronies in the Beijing municipal machinery might never be known. Chen, a former Politburo member, is believed to have colluded with a number of... https://www.scmp.com/article/250160/big-tiger-protects-his-friends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/250160/big-tiger-protects-his-friends?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:00:00 +0000 Beijingers said corrupt former party secretary Chen Xitong should have got more than 16 years in jail for his crimes. 'He should have been shot, not jailed,' said a taxi driver. 'During the Korean War there were two Long Marchers who diverted money to themselves and Mao [Zedong] had them executed.' Many Beijingers said Chen was given a light sentence because the Communist Party dealt gently with members who committed crimes. Some taxi drivers questioned whether Chen would serve his full... https://www.scmp.com/article/250156/corrupt-boss-let-lightly-say-beijingers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/250156/corrupt-boss-let-lightly-say-beijingers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:00:00 +0000 BEIJING party secretary Jia Qinglin vowed yesterday to punish corrupt officials with extra severity. But the authorities have yet to conclude long-delayed proceedings against Mr Jia's predecessor and ousted Politburo member Chen Xitong. Speaking at the eighth Beijing Municipal Party Congress, Mr Jia said the city would devote more effort to anti-graft work. 'We will seriously investigate and handle cases involving infringement of discipline and violation of the law,' Mr Jia said. Mr Jia,... https://www.scmp.com/article/223019/tougher-graft-penalties-promised?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/223019/tougher-graft-penalties-promised?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Moderate intellectuals and cadres in the Communist Party have proposed a 'compromise formula' for the question of the reassessment of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. A Beijing source said yesterday that while the leadership of Mr Jiang had ruled out overturning the verdict on the 'counter-revolutionary rebellion' in the near future, the issue still commanded the attention of the party and intelligentsia. 'One proposal being put forward is that while the party made the right decision in... https://www.scmp.com/article/217352/trade-reassessment-june-4-crackdown-proposed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/217352/trade-reassessment-june-4-crackdown-proposed?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Beijing will never reverse its verdict on the 1989 democracy movement and its suppression, Justice Minister Xiao Yang declared yesterday. 'The party and the people have already arrived at a correct judgment of that incident and there will be no change in that,' he said. He added that 'correct handling' had ensured the long-term stability of China. He declined to respond to questions about the alleged petition by ousted party chief Zhao Ziyang calling for a new look at the verdict on the... https://www.scmp.com/article/211668/tiananmen-judgment-will-never-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/211668/tiananmen-judgment-will-never-change?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Rivalry between President Jiang Zemin and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Qiao Shi has intensified over how the case of disgraced Beijing party boss Chen Xitong should be handled. A source said while both top cadres agreed investigations into Chen's alleged economic crimes should be completed before the 15th Party Congress in October, each wanted to have the dominant say on how to run the case. The source said: 'Jiang hopes to take personal credit for cracking the case, which has... https://www.scmp.com/article/196832/rivals-clash-over-handling-chen-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/196832/rivals-clash-over-handling-chen-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 May 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Disgraced Beijing party boss Chen Xitong is likely to be expelled from the party at the forthcoming 7th Party Plenum, sources said yesterday. The August meeting would conclude the investigation into Chen's corruption scandal, a Beijing source said. 'The party has decided to expel Chen. Chen will face criminal charges and a trial,' sources said. He is expected to be jailed for several years for accepting bribes and expensive gifts and for dereliction of duties. Chen's younger son, Chen... https://www.scmp.com/article/194251/party-poised-kick-out-shamed-boss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/194251/party-poised-kick-out-shamed-boss?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Heads have rolled in the Beijing municipal Government with both its finance and tourism directors sacked for being 'politically incompetent'. Xinhua (the New China News Agency) announced last night that the Beijing Municipal People's Congress had approved the removal of Sun Jiaqi and Dong Chunsheng as the city's finance and tourism directors. Mr Sun was replaced by Qu Hongxiang , currently the auditor general of the municipal Government, while Mr Dong was succeeded by Wu Tonghui ,... https://www.scmp.com/article/168342/top-officials-axed-incompetence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/168342/top-officials-axed-incompetence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jul 1996 16:00:00 +0000 The kid-glove treatment of Ouyang De , one of Guangdong's most corrupt cadres since 1949, has cast doubt on Beijing's commitment to eradicating graft. Misgivings about a partial cover-up had arisen even before his case went to the Guangdong courts in February. The former vice-chairman of the Guangdong People's Congress was only charged with taking 500,000 yuan (HK$465,000) in ill-got gains. This is despite the fact that internal documents and the Guangdong media referred to Ouyang, the... https://www.scmp.com/article/166402/going-soft-chinas-hard-graft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/166402/going-soft-chinas-hard-graft?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 1996 16:00:00 +0000 THE authorities have postponed a decision on punishment for the disgraced party chief of Beijing, Chen Xitong , until after the sixth plenum of the party Central Committee in September. The failure of the administration of President Jiang Zemin to finish investigations into the allegedly corrupt practices of Chen, first arrested in April 1995, has cast doubt on the Communist Party's commitment to fight graft. Sources in the capital said top leaders had earlier this year made private... https://www.scmp.com/article/162917/party-stalls-over-disgraced-official?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/162917/party-stalls-over-disgraced-official?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jun 1996 16:00:00 +0000 A total of 18.3 billion yuan (HK$17.01 billion) has been found missing from Beijing's treasury due to falsification and illegal transfers of funds by disgraced vice-mayor Wang Baosen , his successor said yesterday. The confirmed amount contrasted sharply with the figure disclosed earlier by the authorities, who accused Wang of committing economic crimes worth only US$37 million (HK$285.86 million). 'After investigation and examination by the State Auditing Administration, the total amount... https://www.scmp.com/article/154934/dead-beijing-vice-mayor-blamed-17b-fraud?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/154934/dead-beijing-vice-mayor-blamed-17b-fraud?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:00:00 +0000 PROSECUTORS faced a record 27.9 per cent increase in corruption cases last year, according to a report by Procurator-General Zhang Siqing. The 23-page report - to be delivered by Mr Zhang to a session of the National People's Congress today - contains nothing about the investigation of former Beijing party boss Chen Xitong. The Procurator-General also makes no mention of the probe into Zhou Beifang, the former boss of Shougang Corp in Hong Kong, who has been held in detention for almost two... https://www.scmp.com/article/152486/graft-cases-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/152486/graft-cases-record?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:00:00 +0000 GOVERNOR Li dismissed allegations that a wave of decadence was sweeping Shandong. The arrests of several high-ranking cadres this year were individual cases, he said, and did not mean corruption was widespread. This was despite the fact that local governments at all levels had recently stepped up their crackdown on graft and extravagance. The probity of Shandong authorities was thrown into doubt earlier this year when the wife of Jiang Chunyun, former party boss of the province, was... https://www.scmp.com/article/141447/governor-rejects-claims-about-wave-decadence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/141447/governor-rejects-claims-about-wave-decadence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Dec 1995 16:00:00 +0000 A SENIOR Beijing official yesterday confirmed disgraced party boss Chen Xitong had owned a luxury villa, allegedly built without proper authorisation. Beijing Vice-Mayor Hu Zhaoguang said a team was investigating the claim. The confirmation came in response to a Hong Kong news report which said Chen owned two villas built without official approval. Mr Hu said he believed Chen did own a villa in Huairou, the district on the outskirts of Beijing that hosted the Non-Governmental Organisation... https://www.scmp.com/article/136562/official-confirms-claims-chen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/136562/official-confirms-claims-chen?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Oct 1995 16:00:00 +0000 BEIJING watchers have been seeing a tale of two cadres as they observe the differing fates of shamed Beijing party boss Chen Xitong and his former right-hand man, Executive Vice-Mayor Zhang Baifa. This week has been the worst of times so far for Chen as he was formally and unceremoniously thrown out of the Politburo and Central Committee at the committee's fifth plenum. Meanwhile, Mr Zhang was having the best of times, taking centre stage at a ceremony to mark the near completion of Beijing's... https://www.scmp.com/article/133415/contrasting-cadres-tales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/133415/contrasting-cadres-tales?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Sep 1995 16:00:00 +0000 A DECISION was adopted by the powerful Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party yesterday to expel disgraced Beijing party boss Chen Xitong. The decision was taken by the 200-odd Central Committee members who met yesterday at the Jingxi Hotel in western Beijing for the Fifth Plenum of the committee. Chen would also lose his Politburo membership, a Beijing source said. The committee also agreed yesterday to refer his corruption case to the judiciary for criminal prosecution, the... https://www.scmp.com/article/133150/disgraced-party-boss-chen-be-expelled?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/133150/disgraced-party-boss-chen-be-expelled?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Sep 1995 16:00:00 +0000 BEIJING'S anti-graft officials are scrutinising income declarations filed by cadres for the first half of this year, the Hong Kong China News Agency reported yesterday. Under new rules, cadres are required to declare their income every six months. These incomes cover their salaries and bonuses as well as rewards for contributing articles, and lecture fees and book commissions. Beijing cadres are required to declare their June-to-December income in January. The rules were issued after a... https://www.scmp.com/article/132103/cadres-face-new-anti-graft-probe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/132103/cadres-face-new-anti-graft-probe?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Sep 1995 16:00:00 +0000 GIVEN the Chinese Government's fondness for 'coincidental' politics, the former boss of the Beijing Communist Party, Chen Xitong, should be a worried man right now. Coincidental politics involves an allegedly independent political act which is clearly designed to bring about another 'independent' act. The release of human rights activist Harry Wu just before the United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing is the latest in a long list of examples. The release of Mr Wu guaranteed Hillary... https://www.scmp.com/article/130784/purging-chen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/130784/purging-chen?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Sep 1995 16:00:00 +0000 WHILE China faces criticism for putting obstacles in the way of delegates for two international conferences on women, it is making things easy for participants at an international anti-corruption meeting in the capital in October. More than 500 delegates have been invited to attend the seventh international anti-corruption conference and about half of them will come from overseas countries. As an example of the difference in treatment, while participants of the women's conferences are still... https://www.scmp.com/article/128580/smooth-sailing-delegates-graft-forum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/128580/smooth-sailing-delegates-graft-forum?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Aug 1995 16:00:00 +0000 FORMER Beijing vice-mayor Wang Baosen squandered nearly US$38 million (HK$293.7 million) in public funds in the worst case of corruption involving a senior official since 1949, according to a Communist Party investigation. Wang was found shot dead three months ago. He allegedly killed himself when news of his crimes became known to authorities. The spotlight has now fallen on his old boss and patron, ousted Beijing party leader Chen Xitong, 65. He resigned in late April, and is now... https://www.scmp.com/article/123381/vice-mayor-suicide-squandered-millions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/123381/vice-mayor-suicide-squandered-millions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 1995 16:00:00 +0000 COMMUNIST Party leaders are putting the finishing touches to a new five-year economic blueprint that is expected to favour western and central provinces. The Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000) will also continue to promote market forces, the pro-Beijing journal Mirror reported. It is high on the agenda of the Fifth Plenum of the party's Central Committee to be held after the World Women's Conference in Beijing in September. The plan will be discussed first by senior leaders when they... https://www.scmp.com/article/122872/new-plan-help-poor-areas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/122872/new-plan-help-poor-areas?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jun 1995 16:00:00 +0000 AN anti-corruption drive has in the first five months of this year netted 779 cadres at or above the rank of county and section chiefs, including a minister and a provincial governor. Deputy chief of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Liang Guoqing, said at a national conference of procurators yesterday that 39 cadres were at the level of head of department or bureau, or higher. Mr Liang said procuratorial bodies handled 12,678 economic crime cases such as embezzlement and bribery in the... https://www.scmp.com/article/122254/war-graft-nets-779-top-cadres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/122254/war-graft-nets-779-top-cadres?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 1995 16:00:00 +0000 DISGRACED Beijing party boss Chen Xitong and his wife are being investigated for their involvement in a major real estate project in Beijing, says a pro-Beijing magazine. The Mirror magazine also reports that the senior echelon of the Communist Party will decide to remove Chen from the Politburo when the party holds its Fifth Plenum of the Central Committee later this year. The two reports in Mirror are the first by a pro-China magazine on the scandal since it came to light last April. ... https://www.scmp.com/article/119714/tales-cadre-graft-unfold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/119714/tales-cadre-graft-unfold?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jun 1995 16:00:00 +0000 BEIJING has moved to contain the scope of the anti-corruption campaign to avoid upsetting political stability and damaging the image of the Communist Party. A just-issued circular by the party's Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection also cautioned against hurting the 'investment enthusiasm' of foreign businessmen. Judicial sources in Beijing said the document laid down strict guidelines on the investigation of cadres with the rank of bureau chief or above. Propaganda and media... https://www.scmp.com/article/117809/beijing-limits-graft-drive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/117809/beijing-limits-graft-drive?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 May 1995 16:00:00 +0000 A REFORMIST leader has proposed new ways to prevent the secretaries and aides of leading politicians becoming involved in corruption. Wu Guanzheng, party boss of Jiangxi province, recently suggested the assistants of leading cadres be subjected to close supervision, discipline and education. It is understood Mr Wu, a popular politician, had in mind the central leaders' many secretaries as well as those of the heads of the Beijing municipality who had been detained on graft-related... https://www.scmp.com/article/117206/reformer-call-beat-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/117206/reformer-call-beat-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 1995 16:00:00 +0000 NO specific accusations have been made against Liu Zhangwei, the former Guizhou Communist Party secretary, whose death was confirmed yesterday. However, the second suicide in as many months by a senior Chinese official (following that of Wang Baosen, a vice-mayor of Beijing); the execution of Liu's wife on corruption charges; and the resignation of Beijing party chief Chen Xitong last week, are a reflection of the seriousness of the latest crackdown on corruption and indiscipline within the... https://www.scmp.com/article/116135/campaign-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/116135/campaign-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 May 1995 16:00:00 +0000 CHINA plans a low-key ceremony to mark the cremation of senior leader Chen Yun who died on Monday in Beijing at the age of 90. Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian said that in accordance with Chen's wishes and in terms of regulations, there would be no state funeral or major farewell ceremony. It is likely that Chen will be given the same send-off as other senior leaders such as veterans Li Xiannian and Wang Zhen, where on the day of his cremation flags will fly at half mast in Tiananmen... https://www.scmp.com/article/114194/low-key-farewell-planned-chen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/114194/low-key-farewell-planned-chen?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:00:00 +0000 A TOP Beijing city official committed suicide after being implicated in economic crimes, it was confirmed yesterday. The investigation of Beijing's Vice-Mayor, Wang Baosen, proved President Jiang Zemin's determination to stamp out corruption, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian. So far, the Chinese domestic media have reported nothing about his death. However, a brief report appeared in the English language service of Xinhua (the New China News Agency) last Sunday. It said that he... https://www.scmp.com/article/114167/mystery-suicide-country?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/114167/mystery-suicide-country?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:00:00 +0000