Anti-Corruption Campaign – Asia Times

China’s tech giants move into Xi’s anti-graft crosshairs

by Daniel Alan Bey January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

If the past week is anything to go by, life could be about to get a whole lot worse for China’s biggest tech giants and possibly even the billionaires who run them, as the country’s top graft buster vows to turn its sights on the digital-platform economy. In a communiqué published last Thursday, the Central […]

China

China’s Communist Party flexes a century of staying power

by Jeff Pao July 1, 2021July 6, 2021

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham

Vietnam’s ruling party should step up fight against graft

by Phuong Pham August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

AT Finance, Vietnam

Battle lines drawn for Vietnam’s future leadership

by David Hutt January 9, 2020February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers an address during an opening ceremony for the Khmer New Year at Bayon temple at the Angkor complex in Siem Reap province on April 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Cambodia

All is not well in the court of Hun Sen

by David Hutt September 3, 2019February 19, 2020

Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Stability tests abound for Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

Trong’s strength hides weakness in Vietnam

by David Hutt October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

China's economy is under increasing strain as growth slows, stocks fall and the currency depreciates amid a trade war with the United States. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Shanghai, World

China’s Minsky moment beckons

by William Pesek August 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C) arrives for a court appearance at the Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur on July 4, 2018.Najib, 64, was detained on July 3 as the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad intensified a probe on corruption during his rule, including the alleged siphoning off of billions of dollars from state fund 1MDB. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Rise of populist autocrats driven by corruption

by James A Goldston July 5, 2018July 5, 2018

Vietnamese veterans march and wave flags during a parade held at the former presidential palace in Ho Chi Minh city to mark an anniversary of the Vietnam War's Tet 1968 offensive. Photo: AFP/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Oceania, Vietnam, World

Vietnam to boot its military out of business

by David Hutt June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Performers dance with large national flags marking an anniversary of Vietnam's communist regime in Hanoi, February 3, 2017. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, China, Vietnam

Vietnam drives to revive its ‘moral’ revolution

by David Hutt May 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds an arms-sales chart with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

Egypt, Germany, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia’s perilous pivot

by Shlomo Avineri April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters

Xi’s constitutional move: an end or a means?

by Sun Xi March 20, 2018

Wang Qishan (left) with Yu Zhengsheng (center), the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and President Xi Jinping at the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Greg Baker

Beijing, China, World

‘Enforcer’ Wang could be let loose on US to quell trade dispute

by Gordon Watts February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A file pic shows former Central Military Commission deputy chairman Fan Changlong, left, with Xi Jinping, right, on board a submarine. Photo: Xinhua

China, Hong Kong

Ex-PLA chief Fan Changlong reportedly faces graft probe

by Asia Times staff January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong gestures as he waits for deputies to join him on the podium for a group photo at the end of the final meeting of the outgoing parliament in Hanoi on April 12, 2016.Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Vietnam’s purge spinning out of control?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

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AT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

The drive to recentralize Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Egypt, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Saudi Arabia’s populist temptation

by Ishac Diwan November 17, 2017

A Tag Heuer store in Kowloon. Photo: iStock

China, Hong Kong, World

China leads global recovery of luxury watch market

by Yiling Pan September 6, 2017

Crime suspects sit as Cambodian and Chinese police officials stand guard before boarding a plane at the Phnom Penh International Airport on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP/Stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Chinese crime gangs descend on Southeast Asia

by David Hutt August 22, 2017February 18, 2020