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Former Editor Attacks Propaganda Department’s Abuses

By Guo HuiEpoch Times Staff Created: January 15, 2013 Last Updated: January 15, 2013 The issues raised by the censorship of Southern Weekly, a liberal newspaper in Guangdong Province, continue to gain attention in China. On Jan. 10, Hong Kong’s [...]

Controlling the Narrative About China: The Regime’s Imperial Thoughts

By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: January 15, 2013 Last Updated: January 15, 2013 Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, set up an electronic bulletin board in New York’s Times Square in August 2011, to assist with the [...]

Xi’s Style: China’s New Schizophrenic Leadership

Communist Party leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Dec. 27, 2012 in Beijing, China. Xi has talked about reform during his early days in power, but not political reform. (Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Images) The new boss is now in [...]

Public Security Official Commits Suicide in Southern China

By Sarah Le & Ariel TianEpoch Times Staff Created: January 10, 2013 Last Updated: January 10, 2013 Qi Xiaolin, the deputy chief of the Public Security Bureau in Guangzhou, recently committed suicide, according to official press reports. [...]

Xi Jinping May Take Security Power, China Analyst Believes

By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: January 10, 2013 Last Updated: January 10, 2013 Chinese Party leader Xi Jinping in September. Xi has begun making moves that experts believe may lead to his consolidating power over the security [...]

Beijing Keeps Hong Kong Chief on His Toes

By Guo Hui & Le XinhuiEpoch Times Staff Created: January 7, 2013 Last Updated: January 7, 2013 Protesters marched through the center of Hong Kong on Jan. 1, calling for the dismissal of chief-executive Leung Chun-ying. (Pan Zaishu/The [...]

Online Propagandist and Fixer to Former Chinese Security Czar Arrested

By Lin FengEpoch Times Staff Created: January 9, 2013 Last Updated: January 9, 2013 Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the of Communist Party. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images) A chief lieutenant of Zhou Yongkang, the former security [...]

Party May Change Forced Labor System, Reports Claim (Updated)

By Sophia Fang & Jack PhillipsEpoch Times Staff Created: January 7, 2013 Last Updated: January 8, 2013 Inmates listen to a police officer during a behavior training session at Chongqing Prison on May 30, 2005. (China Photos/Getty Images) Updated [...]

New Party Leadership Moves in On Strongholds of Old Faction

By Zhang MingjianEpoch Times Staff Created: January 8, 2013 Last Updated: January 8, 2013 New Party head Xi Jinping (R) and outgoing leader Hu Jintao. After the 18th Congress last year, the Hu-Xi team has appointed its trusted men to key positions [...]

China Party Leader Deals With Rival Faction Behind Scenes

By Li XiaoyuEpoch Times Staff Created: January 4, 2013 Last Updated: January 4, 2013 China’s newly appointed leader Xi Jinping (C) attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts’at the Great Hall of the People on December 5, [...]

Disclosing Chinese Officials’ Wealth Faces ‘Difficulties’: Anti-Corruption Head

By Veronica WongEpoch Times Staff Created: January 1, 2013 Last Updated: January 1, 2013 Wang Qishan attends a joint press conference after the fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue on Dec. 5, 2008, in Beijing. Wang is heading up the [...]

Former Party Leader Defies Edicts on Publicity

By Wen JunEpoch Times Staff Created: December 30, 2012 Last Updated: December 30, 2012 Former Chinese regime head Jiang Zemin attends the 18th Party Congress on Oct. 15, 2007, in Beijing, China. Jiang has defied Xi Jinping’s injunctions [...]

Note From Chinese Regime Labor Camp Sparks US Discussion

By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: December 29, 2012 Last Updated: December 29, 2012 Julie Keith in an interview with NTD Television. Keith discovered the note in the Halloween set and alerted The Oregonian. (New Tang Dynasty Television) The [...]

Petitioners Ask Former Security Czar to Explain His Vast Budget

By Gu QingerEpoch Times Staff Created: December 29, 2012 Last Updated: December 29, 2012 Petitioners from all over China hold signs calling on former security czar Zhou Yongkang, Secretary of the PLAC, to publicize his personal assets and [...]

Chinese Men Jailed for Calling On Hu Jintao to Disclose Assets

By Leo Chen & Gisela SommerEpoch Times Staff Created: December 28, 2012 Last Updated: December 28, 2012 Chinese netizens are calling attention to the case of Yang Chong, a netizen who was arrested for calling for then-Party leader Hu Jintao [...]

Lady Chinese Officials Raid Public Funds for Beauty Services

By Wen JunEpoch Times Staff Created: December 25, 2012 Last Updated: December 25, 2012 Bai Hong, former chairwoman of the Beijing health bureau trade union, was said to have spent over $ 600,000 on cosmetic and fitness services over a five [...]

Chinese Regime Makes Known Plans to Crack Down on Internet

By Ariel Tian & Irene LuoEpoch Times Staff Created: December 23, 2012 Last Updated: December 24, 2012 A picture created by Chinese netizens, showing officials Lei Zhengfu and Yang Dacai, whose scandals were recently exposed online. They [...]

Chinese Anti-Corruption Chiefs Can Become Targets Too

By Bailee LiEpoch Times Staff Created: December 22, 2012 Last Updated: December 22, 2012 Wang Qishan attends a joint press conference after the fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue on Dec. 5, 2008, in Beijing. Wang is heading up the [...]

Hong Kong’s Liberties Under Attack by Spreading Persecution

By Jane Lin & John YoungEpoch Times Staff Created: December 21, 2012 Last Updated: December 21, 2012 Members of the Hong Kong Youth Care Association use loudspeaker to verbally assault Falun Gong practitioners. (Screenshot of NTD Television) A [...]

Confucius Institutes and Their Difficulties Come Under Scrutiny in China

By Tang RuiNew Tang Dynasty Television Created: December 21, 2012 Last Updated: December 21, 2012 Statue of Confucius (Ming Guo/The Epoch Times) Confucius Institutes established globally held a conference in Beijing earlier this week to discuss [...]