Tag Archives: Corruption

Karishma Vaswani: China plenum: Looking for clues on China’s economy

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Food for thought? What comes out of China’s Communist Party plenums is often limited.

China’s top Communist party officials are in Beijing for a four-day, behind-closed-doors meeting this week.

The plenum kicks off a big year for China, building up to next year’s party congress, a twice-a-decade event. Continue reading

China Has Record Number of Journalists Behind Bars: Report

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A man reads a magazine beside a newsstand in Beijing in a file photo. AFP

China jailed or detained a record number of journalists in 2015, more than any other country, and now holds a quarter of all journalists behind bars globally, a U.S.-based press freedom group said in a report. Continue reading

China Uses ‘House of Cards’ as Illustration of West’s Corruption

By BREE FENG JUNE 19, 2014 9:40 AM


Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” which is being cited in China as a faithful portrayal of the depths of official corruption in Western developed countries. Continue reading