《扫黑除恶——为了国泰民安》 第一集 战略决断. Exclusive: Fallen Chief of Bad-Asset Manager Had Tons of Cash — Literally. * Lai Xiaomin had over 100 mistresses, many of whom received management positions at Huarong subsidiaries, sources said * People who wished to do business with Huarong and Lai would give money to Lai’s mother rather than offering it to him directly (Beijing) — Three tons of cash stashed at home.
A 300 million yuan ($43.4 million) bank account under his mother’s name. Ex-chairman of China Huarong Asset Management sentenced to death for bribery. China's Secret War for U.S. Data Blew American Spies' Cover. Around 2013, U.S. intelligence began noticing an alarming pattern: Undercover CIA personnel, flying into countries in Africa and Europe for sensitive work, were being rapidly and successfully identified by Chinese intelligence, according to three former U.S. officials.
The surveillance by Chinese operatives began in some cases as soon as the CIA officers had cleared passport control. Sometimes, the surveillance was so overt that U.S. intelligence officials speculated that the Chinese wanted the U.S. side to know they had identified the CIA operatives, disrupting their missions; other times, however, it was much more subtle and only detected through U.S. spy agencies’ own sophisticated technical countersurveillance capabilities.
The CIA had been taking advantage of China’s own growing presence overseas to meet or recruit sources, according to one of these former officials. China’s government has a bizarre official rap song, featuring president Xi Jinping. There’s a certain point at which political propaganda can get downright weird, and China’s ruling Communist Party has reached it.
The Chinese government—which has recently churned out a stream of self-congratulatory public missives (see: its psychedelic music video on China’s five-year plan, as well as this miniature documentary in which bright-eyed Western exchange students praise President Xi Jinping for being “handsome” and “so cute”)—dropped a three-minute rap song this week. Fang Fenghui: China's ex-top general jailed for life. Image copyright AFP A former high-ranking Chinese general has been sentenced to life in jail for corruption, state media reports.
Fang Fenghui, ex-chief of joint staff of the People's Liberation Army, was found guilty of bribery and having huge wealth that he had been unable to account for, according to Xinhua. The 67-year-old accompanied President Xi Jinping in his first meeting with US President Donald Trump in 2017. Scmp. In Chinese Corruption Cases, Who’s Taking What? The scale of China’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign defies simple description.
Over the past six years, more than 1.5 million officials have been sanctioned as part of the crackdown, ranging from village committee members to some of the country’s most powerful bureaucrats. The past four Party secretaries of the major southwestern city of Kunming have been arrested, while the eastern city of Nanjing has lost two mayors and a Party chief of its own.
Lorentzen Lu Crackdown Nov 2018 Posted Version. Visualizing China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign. Meanwhile, the campaign continues.
Just last week, the CCDI released a communiqué promising to maintain “unabated forces and unchanging rhythm” in pursuing the goal of a China where, as Xi put it, officials are “unable and unwilling to be corrupt.” “Catching Tigers and Flies” is designed to give users a sense of the scope and character of the anti-corruption campaign by graphically rendering information about nearly 1,500 of its targets whose cases have been publicly announced either by the CCDI, its official media partners, or related Chinese government organs. For the time being, we have confined this database to figures whose cases have been announced by official Chinese sources. Given the flood of available information on the campaign, this struck us as the best way to impose limits on the data we are presenting.
At ChinaFile, we have only begun to explore the data we have collected ourselves. The cases we have tracked span the period from January 1, 2010 to the present. Street Racing Rich Kid Kills Pedestrian, Netizens Outraged. A young man in Hangzhou, China was hit and killed by a red Mitsubishi Evo sports car that was racing with two other expensive sports cars a few nights ago.
Chinese netizens are outraged and afraid that the rich will be able to break the law and avoid trouble by using their money. The police statements after the accident have made Chinese people even more angry. From NetEase: According to Zhejiang Online’s May 8th report, on the 7th, several young people in Hangzhou City Wen Er West Road were street racing, and amongst them one red race car hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the crosswalk. Chinese Government Official Smiling at Tragic Accident Scene. From Sina: Shaanxi Yan’an Sleeper Coach Fire After Rear-End Collision, 36 Dead Xinhuanet Xi’an August 26th news (Reported by Tao Ming, Shi Zhiyong) At 10 o’clock on the 26th, reporters learned from the scene that 36 people have been confirmed to have died in the terrible traffic accident that happened that morning within Yan’an city limits in Shaanxi province. reporters learned that the bus in the accident was allowed to carry 39 passengers, and was carrying 39 passengers.
