Xi Jinping on course to resurrect Mao’s ‘chairman’ role
Long-serving president already general secretary of the party and head of the military
Xi Jinping’s power play leads from dusty caves to China supremacy
The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership
Interpol chief investigated for bribery, says Chinese ministry
Meng Hongwei resigns from agency as ministry says task force will investigate claims
Interpol head reported missing after trip home to China
International police agency says disappearance is a ‘matter for French, China authorities’
Thousands of Chinese officials punished for breaking frugality rules
Ex-internet czar Lu Wei also charged with bribery in anti-corruption campaign
China jails former Communist boss for life for corruption
Chongqing party boss Sun Zhengcai took millions in bribes, court says
Xi Jinping boosts his authoritarian rule as China’s parliament ends
Xi likely to become even more assertive about what he says China wants
China’s annual parliament reappoints Xi Jinping
National People's Congress also names head of a new anti-graft agency
China says 1,300 fugitive graft suspects brought back last year
Some 347 of the fugitives returned were corrupt cadres, says Communist Party
China’s former top internet czar faces corruption investigation
Lu Wei is first ‘tiger’ to be taken down since Communist Party congress, says watchdog
China’s Xi Jinping steps up anti-corruption drive
Nationwide crackdown on ‘schemers and plotters’ to include non-party members
Chinese communists must be wary of religion, party newspaper warns
Superstition breeds corruption, the People’s Daily says
China’s anti-graft campaign nets 1.34 million ‘flies’ in five years
President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corrupt communists are a key plank of policy
Tough, strong, generous: Xi Jinping’s reputation gets a polish ahead of key congress
An exhibition lays out the achievements of the Chinese president’s five years in power
Long March legend a mainstay of Chinese communist lore
Beijing Letter: Exhibitions, operas and films celebrate Mao Zedong’s crowning glory
China anti-corruption TV show a hit as party plenum closes
Conclave promises to crack down harder on graft, and weeping cadres act as a warning
China’s anti-graft campaign ratchets up in Shanxi province
Investigators say they are focusing on the secretive ‘Shanxi Gang
Retail outlets collateral damage of Chinese military reform
People’s Liberation Army is quitting commerce to focus on military activities
Panama Papers: China silent on links to political leaders
Offshore account revelations go unpublished in media, online discussion banned
China urges solidarity from Hong Kong
The economy and graft-busting were also on the agenda at the National People’s Congress
China targets economic data chief in corruption inquiry
Wang Baoan under investigation by Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog
China’s anti-corruption drive targets top university officials
College leaders ‘named and shamed’ for hedonism and fancy cars
Xi Jinping’s speech gives insight into China Communist Party machinations
Art should serve the people and not be slave to market, says president
Two senior Chinese Communist Party officials jailed for corruption
Former head of China National Petroleum Corp jailed for 16 years as part of a widespread crackdown on graft
China provincial governor investigated over corruption
Inquiry into former head of state energy giant is seen as part of wider crackdown
Communist Party leadership’s annual visit to Beidaihe in doubt
Political matters and China’s economy likely to dominate discussions -- if it happens
China’s former security chief sentenced to life for corruption
Zhou convicted of taking €18.5m in bribes and giving state secrets to fortune teller
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life in prison
Yongkang is the most senior member of the Communist Party yet to be punished
China’s Zhou Yongkang spied on leaders, inquiry finds
Report show former security chief authorised wiretaps on elite, including Xi Jinping
Former Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang charged with corruption
Leniency unlikely to be shown to 72 year old accused of abuse of power
Chinese court launches broadside against disgraced official
Trial against former security czar Zhou Yongkang expected to take place soon
One of China’s richest gang bosses is executed
Mafia-like organisation allegedly owned assets of €5.7bn and controlled 70 companies
China’s corruption campaign takes aim at banking sector
Top banker under investigation as anti-graft probe widens its remit
China’s anti-corruption crusade may be strategy to keep power
Communist elite’s purges seen by some as pretext for removing rivals
Leading figure in Chinese espionage at centre of anti-corruption investigation
A clampdown on graft has been declared ‘a matter of life or death’
China spy chief investigated for alleged corruption
Ma Jian the highest-ranking intelligence officer arrested in battle against corruption
China getting more corrupt despite crackdown, transparency survey finds
China falls 20 places to 100th in Transparency International annual survey
China arrests ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang
Zhou is the most senior Communist Party official to be investigated since Mao’s widow was put on trial in 1980
President Higgins visit: the challenges facing today’s China
In the first of a series Clifford Coonan analyses Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive
China’s Communist Party meeting ends with legal reforms
No word of showdown with former security czar Zhou Yongkang
China steps up investigation into former security chief
Rumours that probe is being expanded to include death of Zhou Yongkang’s wife
China’s supreme court opens its doors to foreigners as part of judicial reform
Move follows growing complaints about country’s secretive legal processes
PR firm Edelman says its China chief is missing
Steven Cao is understood to be helping Chinese authorities with an unspecified investigation
China may overtake US as biggest economy this year
Economists had not expected the change to take place until later in the decade
China’s crackdown on corruption continues to take some significant scalps
Investigating very senior political figures is nothing short of dynamite
Communist Party expels senior figure
Guo Yongxiang, a former deputy governor of Sichuan province, faces prosecution
Chinese military latest target in growing crackdown on corruption
Former general Gu Junshan charged with embezzlement, bribery and misuse of state funds
Focus on reform at China’s National People’s Congress
Largely ceremonial event offers insight into future political direction
Ally of former China security chief investigated for corruption
Anti-graft watchdog says Ji Wenlin suspected of Communist Party discpline breaches
Son of China’s former security chief held in corruption probe
Former politburo member Zhou Yongkang linked to investigation
Twitter account of China’s state broadcaster hacked
CCTV News deletes tweet about special unit to probe corruption accusations
China punishes rail officials as corruption crackdown intensifies
President Xi Jinping has set up a special unit to investigate scandal surrounding retired leader Zhou Yongkang.
China cracks down on corruption to shore up Communist Party support
Xi Jinping sees fighting graft as central to Party survival
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