Neither blizzards, freezing winds, nor blinding fog could stop determined Chinese New Year travelers.

Following earlier reports this month that China would discontinue its forced labor system, Guangdong Province announced Monday that it would end the reeducation through labor system within the year.

For a decade after formally stepping down from the throne of communist power, Jiang Zemin continued to wield influence and make his presence felt in Chinese politics. Now there are signs that the authority of this longtime éminence grise may finally be receding.

A high ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official attempted to buy a promotion from former CCP leader Jiang Zemin, with at least 30 million yuan (US$4.8 million), according to recent reports.

Eight years after the death of Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese leader was commemorated after hundreds of mourners flocked to his house to pay their respects.

Former regime leader Jiang Zemin has ignored new chief Xi Jinping’s commands about publicity stunts.

A dozen female Chinese officials have been implicated in what has been called “beauty corruption” in a series of reports in the Chinese media recently.

Local communist authorities in Hunan Province reacted with panic when numerous posters announcing an anonymous citizen’s anti-corruption campaign were put up.

The Chinese regime veered into high damage control this week, trying to kill the news about five runaway boys who died in a dumpster in southwestern China while the 18th Party Congress was in session in Beijing.

Netizens report that guards are restricting access to the disaster area because of the presence of an underground nuclear research facility.