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Miao Hua remains a member of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), but is expected to be removed from the body. His profile has been removed from the Chinese defence ministry website. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

Disgraced Chinese admiral Miao Hua suspected of ‘legal violations’

Senior PLA ideology official already faced a disciplinary investigation, but now the authorities have hinted at more serious misconduct.

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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Chinese defence oversight official snared in military corruption crackdown

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China’s Communist Party

China’s graft busters eye key tech sectors as Beijing gears up to challenge US

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Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Public needs answers on alleged corruption at Kowloon flats site

Hong Kong graft-buster investigates defects scandal at housing project where supervisors are suspected of accepting bribes.

The construction site of CK Asset’s Anderson Road project in Kwun Tong, which was found to not comply with approved building plans. Photo: Dickson Lee
China economy

Editorial | China austerity rules target those at the top

While Washington makes cuts to benefit the rich, Beijing’s battle against wasteful spending and debt takes a different course.

World Snooker

Why new world snooker champion Zhao Xintong cannot play in China

Zhao is prohibited from taking part in events in mainland China even after becoming his country’s first world champion.

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China’s Communist Party

Explainer | The inspectors keeping China’s corrupt officials up at night

The graft-buster’s inspection teams have become important tools for maintaining discipline under Xi Jinping.

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Before he was snared in a corruption investigation, Sun Zhengcai was seen as a strong contender for the Communist Party’s top leadership. Photo: CCTV
China’s Communist Party

China’s military likens anti-corruption drive to preparations for war

At key times in history, the People’s Liberation Army has carried out ‘major political rectification’, PLA Daily says.

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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Probe into star player at China’s securities body shocks finance sector

Architect of ChiNext hi-tech stock exchange’s 2020 boom under investigation for alleged ‘serious violations of discipline and laws’.

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China’s military

Senior PLA ideology official Miao Hua removed from China’s top legislature

High-ranking Chinese general is expelled from National People’s Congress following corruption investigation.

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Miao Hua (centre), is the second member of China’s powerful Central Military Commission to be removed from his position since the current leadership took office in 2022. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

China extends anti-corruption rules to village chiefs and grass-roots officials

19,000 village officials have been investigated in first quarter of this year, according to Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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The “use of large sums of money” in villages must be reported to the township party committee and the higher-level government as part of Beijing’s revised Regulations on the Honest Performance of Duties by Rural Grass-roots Officials. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China’s Communist Party

China’s top graft-buster warns ‘no one is untouchable’ in corruption fight

Taking aim at the corrupt ‘a powerful measure to create a market-oriented, law-based and internationalised business environment’, CCDI says.

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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

The more China tackles corruption, the more it finds. Can the battle be won?

Even as Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption purges go further and deeper, China’s legacy of corruption remains a widespread and serious problem.

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China economy

Editorial | China’s austerity is very different to that in US

Beijing is targeting wasteful spending on projects and misuse of public money by officials, not savings to finance tax cuts.

President Xi Jinping, seen on Friday at a meeting of global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, spearheaded an austerity drive aimed at cutting out government spending on lavish gatherings, among other such waste. Photo: Kyodo
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Top member of Chinese military anti-corruption unit may be snared in graft probe

Lieutenant General Tang Yong has lost his post on the country’s top political advisory body – usually a sign someone is under investigation.

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Lieutenant General Tang Yong lost his post in the country’s top political advisory body – usually a sign that the person in question is under suspicion of corruption. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party

China doubles down on austerity, but not with a Trump-style Doge approach

In its campaign against waste, Beijing has invoked the party code of conduct to ensure officials do not spend money on lavish banquets.

Defence

How did China’s top weapons brains become targets of its anti-corruption push?

Acceleration of defence sector’s anti-corruption drive may be linked to the downfall of former defence minister Li Shangfu, analysts say.

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DeepSeek

Chinese local governments turn to DeepSeek AI to identify suspected corruption

Cities claim the technology has identified suspected cases of welfare fraud or corruption in the sale of state assets.

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DeepSeek’s AI model has shaken its US competitors. Photo: Reuters
China’s Communist Party

Senior official in China’s port city Tianjin facing corruption probe

Zhou Derui, the municipal personnel chief, is the ninth high-ranking official to be placed under investigation this year.

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Two Sessions 2025

Crack down on corruption and deploy tech – Xi’s twin tasks for the military

Anti-corruption message follows Beijing’s call in the annual work report for the armed forces to ‘deepen political rectification’.

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China's military weapons

Communist Party expels Tan Ruisong, ex-boss of aircraft giant AVIC

Former head of company behind China’s latest generation stealth fighter jet accused of taking ‘huge amount’ of bribes.

Tan Ruisong, the former leader of state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, has been accused of “extensively abusing” his power. Photo: Weibo
China’s Communist Party

Chinese official fired over Covid response facing corruption investigation

Jiang Chaoliang, who was dismissed as Hubei party boss at the start of Wuhan outbreak, also spent years in the financial sector.

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Jiang Chaoliang is the latest former provincial party chief to face corruption allegations. Photo: AFP
ICBC

Former ICBC executive gets death sentence with reprieve for taking bribes

Zhang Hongli, who was vice-president of the state-owned bank, accepted bribes in exchange for help with loan financing and securing jobs.

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Defence

Chinese defence industry exec Liu Weidong under investigation for corruption

CSGC deputy general manager named by anti-corruption watchdog just days after restructuring discussions announced.

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Chinese Football Association (CFA)

China’s football chiefs mocked after Fifa vetoes global ban on South Korea’s Son

Fans label Chinese FA ‘a joke’ after its request that Son Jun-ho’s life ban for alleged role in match-fixing be extended worldwide.

South Korea’s Son Jun-ho can play football outside China after Fifa declined to endorse a global ban. Photo: Reuters
China’s military

Chinese military leaders urge war readiness ahead of Lunar New Year

During visits to PLA units, top-ranked CMC vice-chairmen pledge to fight corruption and strengthen combat abilities.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, centre) poses with officers and soldiers of the PLA’s Northern Theatre Command on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Former Chinese arms firm executive facing corruption probe

Xue Jianguo is the latest figure associated with the defence contractor to be placed under investigation.

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China’s Communist Party

Former Tibet chairman Qizhala is snared in corruption crackdown

The probe by China’s top anti-corruption body has already led to the downfall of the region’s former Communist Party chief and other senior officials.

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