Infographics
08.15.18
Visualizing China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
“Catching Tigers and Flies” is ChinaFile’s interactive tool for tracking and, we hope, better understanding the massive campaign against corruption that Xi Jinping launched shortly after he came to power in late 2012. It is designed to give users a sense of the scope and character of the anti-corruption campaign by graphically rendering information about more than 2,000 of its targets whose cases have been publicly announced in official Chinese sources.
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02.14.18“Shameless” and “Two-Faced”: China’s Astonishing Rebuke of Its Former Internet Czar
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China’s former internet czar was expelled from the Communist Party and will be prosecuted for corruption, the party’s top graft-busting agency said yesterday (Feb. 13).
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02.07.18China Detains Executive Close to Family of Former Prime Minister
New York Times
The authorities in China have detained a wealthy investor who went into business with relatives of the previous prime minister, a sign that the anticorruption campaign initiated five years ago by President Xi Jinping may again be closing in on a...
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10.11.17China Names New Leaders of Anti-Corruption Agencies at Financial Regulators
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China’s Communist Party has named new top officials to lead anti-corruption agencies at the country’s banking and insurance regulators as it makes final preparations for a twice-a-decade party congress later this month.
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08.16.17China Puts Retired Head of State News Agency under Investigation for Graft
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The retired former head ofa state-run Chinese news agency has been put under investigation for suspected graft, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Wednesday.
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07.12.17Fugitive Chinese Tycoon ‘Snoops on Middle Eastern Royal Families’ in Leaked Phone Messages
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Recordings of what appear to be phone voice messages left by fugitive Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui requesting information about powerful royal family members in the Middle East and other international public figures have emerged online.
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12.29.16China’s Defense Ministry Confirms Probe of Leading General Wang Jianping
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Ministry announcement verifies August report that Wang had been arrested on the suspicion of taking bribes
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12.02.16China’s Second Most Powerful Man Warns of Dissent and Corruption in the CCP
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Tough talk on corruption is not unheard of from Wang, but his harsh manner and candid rundown of the party’s problems mean the speech was given great importance
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11.22.16U.S. Won’t Tolerate Pressure from China on Fugitive Families
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China has upset Western countries by sending undercover agents to try and get suspects back, although it says it has changed tactics after complaints
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10.20.16China Lags Behind in Rule of Law Ranking
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A new global ranking finds China is making limited progress
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10.18.16China’s Real ‘House of Cards’: TV Series Unveils Graft Excess
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The eight-episode series, called “Always On the Road,” is being beamed daily to hundreds of millions of Chinese homes through Oct. 25 on CCTV’s Channel 1
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10.10.16China Anti-Corruption Campaign Backfires
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Xi Jinping drive to cleanse Communist party of graft tarnishes its image
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09.26.16China to Prosecute Former Top Executives for Alleged Graft
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Next on the chopping block: former Sinopec, China Southern execs, Tibet top security official
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09.16.16
Chinese Business’ Complicated Role in Kenyan Corruption
One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that Chinese businesses fuel corruption across the continent. Chinese corporate corruption in Africa is well documented, from allegations of paying off corrupt...
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09.06.16China Says It Has Netted One-Third of Top Overseas Graft Suspects
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06.17.16Nephew of China’s Former Domestic Security Tsar Jailed for Graft
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03.23.16Fall of Shanghai’s Utilities Chief Unravels Web of Corruption
A graft probe into the head of a state-run utilities firm in Shanghai put investigators on the trail of two top local government officials, people with knowledge of the matter say.Feng Jun, the former general manager of State Grid Shanghai Electric...
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02.26.16Ex-Official in China Blames Torture for Graft Confession
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A former high-level Chinese energy official accused of receiving bribes said that he was tortured into confessing to the crime.
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01.19.16Wang Qishan, China’s Anti-Corruption Tsar
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The anti-corruption drive has been the central policy of this administration and its duration and severity have surprised almost everyone, not least the bureaucrats who have been its primary targets.
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01.14.16China Vows to Keep High Pressure on Corruption
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The Communist Party of China will maintain a heavy-handed approach against corruption, “with unabated forces and unchanging rhythm.”
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12.24.15Monthly Data Details China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
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Data “supports the hypothesis that the pace of the corruption crackdown has slowed in quantity, but that the investigators are having more success in gaining prosecutions.”
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05.18.15INFOGRAPHIC: China's Wanted 100
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Beijing's anti-graft watchdog released on April 22 a detailed list of 100 fugitives it wants to extradite back to China as part of its "Sky Net" anti-graft operation.
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04.28.15
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Chinese Fugitives
Meet China’s 100 international most-wanted: a history professor, a driving instructor, and a government propaganda office cashier. Chinese graft-busters want you to know that one of them might be your neighbor.On April 22, China’s dreaded Central...
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01.22.15
Xi Jinping’s Pay Raise
It just got slightly less difficult to be a clean Chinese official. State media reported on January 20 that Chinese civil servants had received their first pay raise in ten years, a move that includes a 60 percent bump for President Xi Jinping and...
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11.17.14China's ‘Fox Hunt’ Grabs 288 Suspects in Worldwide Anti-Graft Net
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China has conducted activities in 56 countries, including the United States, Canada, Spain, South Korea, and South Africa, it said, citing Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jinguo.