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Senior govt officials accused of corruption, expelled from Party
2016-01-19
Two senior government officials accused of bribery, trading power for sex and other improper behavior have been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from their posts.
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Judge describes life on the other side of the fence
2016-01-19
In March, Liu Deshan, a former judge in Henan province, received compensation of about 100,000 yuan ($15,000) after being wrongly detained for 488 days.
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Man executed for college rape
2016-01-19
A former college student in Wuhan was executed after a court convicted him of raping and killing a female student on campus.
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Former senior officials facing action over alleged graft
2016-01-19
Lyu Xiwen, a former Beijing deputy Party chief, has been placed "under coercive measures", a term that usually means detention, and is the subject of a bribery investigation, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.
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Former Party chief of nat'l science association stands trial over bribery
2016-01-18
Shen Weichen, former Party secretary and executive vice president of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), stood trial on Monday on charges of taking bribes, according to a statement from a court in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province.
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Former Beijing deputy Party chief under probe for graft
2016-01-18
Lyu Xiwen, former deputy Party chief of Beijing, is under investigation for alleged bribe-taking, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced Monday.
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How money for left-behind kids has been spent needs explaining
2016-01-18
The two major tragedies have already reminded people of how miserable left-behind children can be and local officials cannot afford to hide their heads in the sand any longer.
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Three get life sentences for stealing oil
2016-01-15
Three men were sentenced to life in prison for theft of refined oil worth 470 million yuan ($71 million), the largest case of theft in terms of value since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.