Deng Liqun, Divisive Chinese Communist Party Official, Dies at 99
HONG KONG — He was as obstinate as a Hunan mule, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. China’s reformist officials and liberal intellectuals came to detest him, and he often…
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China’s Communist Party Bans Believers, Doubles Down on Atheism
Karl Marx long ago disparaged religion as “the opiate of the people,” and now the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to ban all addicts. The Communist leadership of coastal Zhejiang…
Communist Officials in Tibetan Region Punished for Separatism, China Says
BEIJING — Fifteen Communist Party officials in central Tibet who were accused of taking part in separatist activities last year have been punished for violating party discipline, the Chinese news…
China’s WeChat apologizes for showering users with U.S. flag
“When we entered words like National Day, China and the Red Flag with Five Stars, nothing happened,” complained the Fujian provincial committee of the Communist Youth League in its official…
Zhou Yongkang: From apex of power to caged ‘tiger’ in China
At the height of his power, Zhou Yongkang controlled police forces, spy agencies, court systems and prosecution offices across Chinaand the domestic security czar wasn’t shy in deploying his vast…
Former top Chinese official arrested in corruption probe
China’s former top domestic security official, Zhou Yongkang, has been arrested as part of a corruption probe, the country’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports. Zhou — who had been one…