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Former Xinjiang Public Security Chief Probed in China’s Anti-Corruption Drive
Zhu Changjie, a former vice chairman of Xinjiang and former head of the region’s public security department, is under investigation for 'violations of discipline and law,' the standard phrase used in corruption probes of CCP officials
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South China Morning Post
· Jun 24, 2026
China targets face of international space cooperation in corruption crackdown
Senior Chinese defence industry official Bian Zhigang is under investigation for corruption, the latest high-profile target in Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on its military sector. Bian, deputy head of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), was suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law”, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on Wednesday, using its usual term for corruption and bribery. The CCDI is China’s...
Vision Times
· Jun 29, 2026
China Gives a Former Shanghai Aerospace Chief a Suspended Death Sentence as Its Defense Purge Widens
The Chinese Communist Party’s purge of the country’s military-industrial establishment shows no sign of slowing. Within days of each other this month, the Party opened a corruption investigation into one of the officials who oversees China’s defense, space, and weapons programs, and a court handed a suspended death sentence to a former Shanghai leader who []
The Epoch Times
· Jun 25, 2026
House CCP Committee Examines Chinese Economic Espionage in US
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a hearing at 10:30 a.m. ET on June 25 to examine the Chinese regime’s economic espionage and subnational influence activities in the United States. Witnesses: David Shedd, former acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor
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