Ministry of Truth: Search Engines, Sex Scandals

A former Chinese official accused of accepting bribes in an alleged sex tape extortion scandal has been put on trial, state media say. Lei Zhengfu's trial opened on Wednesday at the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in southwest China. ...

The photograph usually arrives as an email attachment or the old-fashioned way, in an envelope with no return address. It is rarely a pretty picture. Often the image captures a well-fed, middle-aged bureaucrat engaged in a sordid encounter with a ...

Often the image captures a well-fed, middle-aged bureaucrat engaged in a sordid encounter with a woman who is not his wife. Or it could be a fully clothed official but one wearing an expensive timepiece that his government salary could never afford.

BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The power of Chinese netizens as an anti-corruption force has been demonstrated once again as a senior economic policy maker was removed from his post after his alleged indiscretions were reported by a journalist on the ...

THE vice chairman of China's top planning agency has been sacked following allegations of corruption posted online by a journalist. Liu Tienan was dismissed from his post at the National Development and Reform Commission for "serious discipline ...

CHONGQING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 21 government officials and executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have been punished over a sex video scandal, local authorities said on Tuesday. Of the 21, ...

State media accuse the US government of ulterior motives in raising concerns over China's military-build-up and alleged state-backed cyber-espionage. Xinhua news agency and other party-state media have called a US Department of Defence report on ...

A Chinese official is to be prosecuted by local authorities after a six-year scandal which combined sex, blackmail, bribery and secret tapes. Prosecutors have filed corruption charges against Lei Zhengfu, 54, a former city official in the ...

Although China's top oil and gas companies reported record-high liabilities in 2012, their debt levels are still controllable and justified considering their accelerated steps in energy acquisition and exploration, analysts said Thursday.Of all the ...