China’s security chief, Zhou Yongkang, stands astride the sprawling security apparatus from the Central Political-Legal Committee. As a Politburo Standing Committee member, Zhou is said to have ...

In late July, China’s anti-corruption crackdown officially targeted the highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party member ever: Zhou Yongkang, formerly a Politburo Standing Committee member and the ...

BEIJINGChinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zhou Yongkang, one of China's most powerful politicians is officially being investigated for suspected "serious disciplinary violation." In the scope of Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown aimed at ...

China's ex-security chief gets life in prison after secret trial finds him guilty of corruption and leaking state secrets Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life in prison, making him the highest ...

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 ...

Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced on Tuesday (Jan 21) to more than 13 years in prison for bribery in a case that shook the ...

BEIJING_Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and associates of retired domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who is at the ...