Corruption threatens China's stability: report

The China Post - Corruption costs China more every year than it spends on education and is one of the most serious threats to the country's political stability, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Full Story

Philippines senator accuses China of 'inventing corruption'

The China Post - A Philippine senator publicly berated China during a hearing Wednesday into an allegedly overpriced broadband project with the Philippines, accusing it of "inventing corruption." Full Story

New system for protection of whistle-blowers

The China Post - Whistle-blowers who report crimes and corruption in China will be better protected as the country establishes a new Internet and phone reporting system, state media said Tuesday. Full Story

Chinese mistress charged under new anti-graft rule

The China Post - The mistress of a former high-ranking official in eastern China was on Wednesday charged with corruption in one of the first prosecutions under tougher anti-graft rules, state media reported. Full Story

China energy official gets life sentence for corruption

The China Post - A former head of a Chinese state-run energy company has been sentenced to life in prison for taking US$1.3 million in bribe, state media reported on Sunday. Zhang Shaocang, 55, was the latest government official to be punished in recent months as China's leaders step up a public fight against graft and abuse ahead of the five-yearly Communist Party Congress next month. Full Story

Corrupt China official felled by his mistresses

The China Post - A corrupt senior Chinese official was denounced by his 11 mistresses after some of their husbands were sentenced to death for graft, state media said on Friday. Full Story

90% of downed China officials 'had mistresses': investigators

The China Post - Chinese anti-graft investigators have found that 90 percent of the country's most senior officials brought down in corruption cases in recent years had kept mistresses, drawing a link between sex and misconduct. Full Story

Chinese managers held in Carrefour graft probe

The China Post -Police have detained eight Chinese managers at French retail giant Carrefour following an internal graft probe at the company, state media reported Sunday. Seven of the eight managers ran fresh food sections in Beijing stores and demanded kickbacks from suppliers, the Beijing News reported. Full Story