Tag Archives: Zhou Yongkang

Hunting Tigers in China

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Warsame in Asia with 0 Comments

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CALIFORNIA – In the boldest move yet since President Xi Jinping Continue reading

Zhou Yongkang: Chinese Media Freed to Touch the Tiger’s Butt

July 31, 2014 5:14 PM

The announcement of a disciplinary investigation into Zhou Yongkang on Tuesday has unleashed a wave of news content prepared by Chinese media during the months in which his fate Continue reading

Fall of Zhou Yongkang Lights Up China’s Internet

8:23 pm HKT Jul 29, 2014

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Zhou Yongkang, pictured in 2007. Reuters

China’s social media microblogs, the country’s de facto town square, Continue reading

Star Anchor’s Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy

By EDWARD WONG JULY 16, 2014 6:00 PMJuly 17, 2014 9:30 am

The Chinese term for schadenfreude is xingzai lehuo (幸灾乐祸), and it does not take long for the sentiment to surface at the mention of Rui Chenggang, the smooth-talking state television anchor who was handed to prosecutors last Friday.

Especially delighted are liberal Chinese intellectuals, Continue reading

Minitrue: CCTV’s Rui Chenggang Detained

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.

News of the investigation of Rui Chenggang should not be on Continue reading

In Inquiry in China, Police Detain Star Anchor

By EDWARD WONG JULY 12, 2014

 

BEIJING — A prominent Chinese state television anchor known for his strident efforts to champion China’s political and economic systems has been detained by the authorities, the state news media reported on Saturday.

The television anchor, Rui Chenggang, a popular host of a financial Continue reading