Corruption, Featured

Chinese Entrepreneur Feng Zhenguo and His Wife Escape to Canada

Why would the successful entrepreneur Feng Zhenguo, who established and ran a successful furniture factory in China, escape with his wife to Canada? What drove them to abscond from China? Feng Zhenguo created and ran a profitable furniture factory in China’s Hebei Province. He became well known and was sought after for his excellent craftsmanship. ...

Emma Lu

A photo of Feng Zhenguo and his family.

MI6 Chief Thanks China for a ‘Cringeworthy’ Parody of James Bond

Recently, China made a mockery of the British origin spy franchise James Bond by releasing a spoof video. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua mocked MI6 by releasing the spoof video containing a character named James Pond. This is a deliberate attempt at mocking the very popular spy depicted in the 007 films, James Bond. ...

Jack Roberts

Chinese James Pond parady.

Karma: The Price of a Coin

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a scene unfolded at the Lianji Bookstore in a Beijing street where a young man was reading a book near the counter. Another customer in front of the counter was paying for his book. One of his coins fell to the ground and rolled to the side ...

Nspirement Staff

A stack of coins.

End of the Gravy Train for CCP Officials as Overseas Assets Are Targeted

On June 10, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), composed of 150 members of the U.S House of Representatives, released a National Security Strategy report that includes the toughest sanctions ever proposed by Congress against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and CCP officials. The report recommends comprehensive sanctions on visas for senior Chinese officials and their ...

Michael Segarty

U.S. Capitol building.

Retired Military Officer Made a Film Criticizing the Chinese Communist Party

Recently, Zhao Hu, a retired sergeant of the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy, circumvented China’s Internet censorship to upload a video he made that criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Chinese Communist Party fabricated an excuse to demolish his mother’s house, then they detained him and used his incarceration to force his ...

Rory Karsten

Zhao Hu.

Unaccounted Foreign Money: Yale and Harvard Under Investigation

The U.S. Department of Education (DoED) has started an investigation into Harvard and Yale for not reporting the millions of dollars in foreign contracts and foreign money they received over several years. U.S. federal law mandates that universities and colleges report all the contracts and foreign money they receive from foreign sources that are in ...

Jack Roberts

Harvard University.

Chinese Student Dies From Poverty Amid Donations Abuse Scandal

A Chinese student who lived in poverty has died from malnutrition, with people angry that almost a million yuan donated for her welfare never fully reached the poor soul. The victim, Wu Huayan, was 24 years old. Dying from poverty Born in 1995 into a poor family, Wu had a terrible childhood. “After her mother ...

Max Lu

Wu Huayan.

Corruption in Ghana: Rosewood Trees Cut Down Illegally, Exported to China

Ghana has taken strict steps to curb the illegal trade of rosewood trees since 2012. However, this has not stopped China from illegally acquiring rosewood from the African nation, as revealed in a recent report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Ghana’s loss “Since 2012, over 540,000 tons of rosewood — the equivalent of 23,478 ...

Max Lu

China illegally harvesting rosewood in Ghana.

CCP Politics: Xi Warns Party Members Against Slacking Off

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently warned Party members not to use the fight against corruption as an excuse to laze around and do nothing. He was speaking at a meeting of senior Party leaders. The warning “You absolutely cannot view anti-corruption as an excuse to not accept responsibility or to do nothing… Be brave to ...

Max Lu

Xi Jinping on a magazine cover.

President to Prisoner: The Downfall of Meng Hongwei

Ex-Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei recently admitted in a court in Tianjin that he had taken over $2 million in bribes while holding government offices. With the admission of guilt, the final curtain has fallen on the career of a top Party member who was poised to occupy higher positions in the state apparatus. Meng’s downfall ...

Max Lu

A Chinese prison.