On Tuesday, China announced that Zhou Yongkang is being investigated for corruption. Zhou is a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and former security chief. This has been the ...

World News // 9 years ago China indicts former security chief Zhou Yongkang on charges of corruption, leaking state secrets Retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang was indicted Friday on ...

The so-called "great purge" goes right to the very top of government - the biggest scalp so far was once the third most senior leader in China, Zhou Yongkang. He had been in charge of the vast ...

The country's public security bureau has linked Meng's case to a broader initiative to “completely remove the pernicious influence” of Zhou Yongkang, a former security czar who was sentenced ...

Mr Liu's list included top names whose downfalls have attracted intense scrutiny, such as former security chief Zhou Yongkang, prominent politician Bo Xilai, and Sun Zhengcai, a member of the ...

CHINA’S former security chief Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life in prison for corruption yesterday by a Tianjin court. Mr Zhou was tried on May 22 on charges of receiving bribes, abuse of power and ...

The former Communist Party official, Jiang Jiemin, who has been tied to the disgraced security chief Zhou Yongkang, is said to have not disputed the charges. The reports also said that the ...

Another significant figure was Zhou Yongkang, previously considered one of the most powerful individuals in China. As a ...

Big targets like former security czar Zhou Yongkang and former military chief Xu Caihou, once thought untouchable by even top officials, were some of the first to fall in Xi's crusade. While Xi ...

Plus, new details on Zhou Yongkang's crimes and another look at China's ghost cities. Friday China links.