China corruption

Xi’s beefed-up system of anti-corruption inspections paradoxically helps legitimize corrupt practices.

China’s economic woes, and a general lack of trust exacerbated by corruption scandals, are driving a downward trend in charitable giving.

Another spate of Chinese military corruption cases serves as a reminder that a decades-long practice and culture of corruption continues to flourish within the PLA.

China’s advancement in the Central American region has largely been through Chinese companies – ones that are not usually considered among the main bearers of the CCP’s global influence.

Since 2017, Central American countries have strengthened ties with China, based on promises of benefits. Instead, they face growing trade deficits and failed projects. 

The puzzle presented by these incidents can only be understood in the context of China’s police brutality and growing transnational repression.

In an apparent first, China has convicted two people for bribing foreign officials. The high-profile judgment sends a clear signal: the time has come to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Li Shangfu is the second senior Chinese official to disappear this year, following former Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

Although China’s military has made big strides in a short period of time, it faces persistent challenges such as corruption that hinder both its ability to reform and its ability to effectively fight wars.

New draft amendments propose to include private sector enterprises under the ambit of the Criminal Law’s anti-bribery and anti-corruption provisions.

The U.S. shouldn’t base its Latin America policy on trying to match China’s actions in the region.

Will reforms and crackdowns help to advance China’s core technology capabilities?

Unscrupulous individuals who frame themselves as persecuted dissidents can easily deceive a media environment poised to believe any negative story about China.

One can attribute many of China’s current achievements and problems to policies initiated during Jiang’s tenure. 

Liu Yanping is the latest in a series of high-level officials to fall before the upcoming Party Congress.

Since Xi Jinping took office, his anti-corruption efforts have expanded beyond the confines of the CCP itself.

A campaign against organized crime highlights the risks of China’s approach to law and order – but also reveals how Chinese experts continue to push for a better system.

Beneath Desmond Shum’s deeply personal memoir about corruption and wealth, we can glimpse the profound political and economic tectonic shifts that foreshadowed Xi Jinping’s second term of office.

Chinese corruption actually fuels growth – but at a steep cost.

Meng Hongwei, the former president of Lyon, France-based Interpol, will face prosecution soon.

China's former internet czar accepted the judgment in court and said he would not appeal.

The debt trap isn’t a national strategy. Instead, unchecked profit motive is driving Chinese firms to exploit poor nations.

But the Chinese authorities intentionally avoided significant details of Feng's case.

Huawei was shaped by its early environment: '80s and '90s Shenzhen, where political connections trumped any law.