The new membership of the Politburo Standing Committee augurs poorly for the chance for reform. Politburo members known to favor reform were not appointed, and several of those who were appointed have strong ties to former Party head Jiang Zemin. Responsible for the persecution of the spiritual practice of Falun Gong, Jiang wants to prevent his legacy from being challenged.

Close to 400,000 people turned out to protest against Chinese communist rule, and one of the demands was Leung’s resignation

The most recent in a seemingly endless march of food and drug safety scandals in China involves toxic gelatin.

After Bo Xilai, the scandal-troubled former Party chief of China’s central-western megalopolis of Chongqing, was removed from office on March 15, his former ally, Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan quickly turned on him, exposed Bo’s dark secrets to the central government.

Chaos, scandals, and protests are preceding Hong Kong’s Chief Executive elections. The two frontrunners, both Beijing-backed, have been involved in ugly power struggles. Both have tried their best to disclose the other’s scandals.

Chinese media reports reveal intense infighting in the Chinese regime’s Politburo Standing Committee.

The competition between the factions that run the CCP has gotten deadly serious in the run up to the 18th Party Congress later this year.

One would expect that if an overseas emissary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were asked if he were a communist, the answer would be simple and rather clear: Of course I am.

Hu’s cultural system reform is a Cultural Revolution style campaign to restrict citizens’ rights, analysts say.

The execution and public humiliation of 15 men sentenced to death in a single day in Changsha City, the capital of southern China’s Hunan Province, has sparked controversy among the Chinese public.