Officials outed after sex scandals surface online
An increasing number of sex scandals involving Chinese officials are making headlines, both substantiated and fabricated, in part due to the growing role of microblogging in exposing the underbelly of ...
Headmaster and govt official detained for allegedly assaulting schoolgirls
Education authorities in South China's Hainan Province Monday told the Global Times that they had dismissed a primary school headmaster who allegedly molested six schoolgirls with another local government official.
Shanghai suspends four court officials in sex probe
Public outrage sparked over a 10-minute video clip that surfaced online recently showing five men identified by the original poster as judges from the Shanghai Higher People’s Court allegedly consorting ...
China's crackdown on corruption in 2013
For many government officials, the past year has been hard on them. For starters, the nationwide anti-corruption crackdown on "tigers and flies" has been quite a challenge.
Caught with the secretary: Political scandal surrounding top aides
The ongoing controversy surrounding the corruption and abuses of power among political secretaries intensified when a speech by Xi Jinping, made more than two decades ago, resurfaced online.
Anti-corruption campaign throws book at China's universities
The ivory towers of universities might seem like a refuge from the woes of the world, and, in China, from rampant corruption. But the recent detention of senior university officials ...
Thailand's political deadlock
Thai military junta on May 25 warned the public against rallying and using social media to incite unrest.
China, Russia ink gas deal after decade-long negotiation
China and Russia inked a mega natural gas supply deal on May 21 in Shanghai after a decade-long negotiation, with reports estimating that it is worth $400 billion.
The largest-ever CICA summit kicks off in Shanghai
China and Russia expressed "grave concern" over the political crisis in Ukraine in a joint statement signed in Shanghai on May 20.
Putin's China visit seeks to bolster ties
The naval forces of China and Russia will conduct the joint military exercise code-named "Maritime Cooperation 2014" in the sea and air areas in the north of East China Sea ...
As tensions rise, China evacuates 3,000 nationals from Vietnam
More than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Vietnam as of Saturday afternoon after the recent deadly violence against foreign businesses and citizens, China's Foreign Ministry said early morning ...
PLA general tours US carrier amid South China Sea tensions
Top Chinese General Fang Fenghui has toured an American aircraft carrier at the start of his US visit. Fang is the Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's ...
Migrant workers' wages increased 13.9 percent in 2013: report
This survey covers the rural regions of China's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. Data included in the census was collected from a total 8,930 villages and 235,000 rural workers ...
Chinese fishermen jailed in Philippines, catch worldwide attention
Nine out of the 11 Chinese fishermen arrested by local police last Tuesday near China's Half Moon Shoal in the South China Sea were formally charged by the Palawan Regional ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Africa
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing on May 4, his trip to Africa will take him to Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya. This is the first time Li will have ...
Mixing food and politics: When leadership steps out to lunch
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (front) selects snacks at a store in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2014.