China’s wealthiest have ties with the Communist Party, according to state media, further underlining the interweaving of business and politics in China.
The two most important annual political meetings of the Chinese Communist Party opened on March 2 in Beijing, while dissenters were tracked down and arrested.
A member of a local advisory body in Guangzhou, China, demanded that top officials in his city should take the lead in disclosing their personal wealth.
Su Rong, Vice-Chairman of the Communist Party’s top political advisory body and ally to former leader Jiang Zemin, is being purged in a corruption probe.
An official in the Communist Party’s advisory body suggested that television dramas, based on masterpieces like the Chinese novel “Water Margin,” should be banned to maintain social stability.
Two petitioners successfully circumvented security during the Chinese regime’s “Two Meetings” and spoke with several delegates from the National People’s Congress.
Kung Fu celebrity Jackie Chan has been photographed using a luxury car with Chinese military license plates, prior to major political meetings in Beijing in which he is a new public figure.