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 by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2022
China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday expelled a former top corruption investigator for a "wanton abuse of power" -- the latest senior official to fall in a sweeping anti-graft campaign. Liu Yanping, previously a key player in the secretive Ministry of State Security, was found guilty of corruption, the party's top anti-graft watchdog said. His sacking comes after two other former vice-ministers for public security -- Sun Lijun and Fu Zhenghua -- were fired for corruption in 2021. Liu "participated in Sun Lijun's political gang" and lived a lavish lifestyle of golf and banquets, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement. President Xi Jinping has spearheaded a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign within the party's ranks, which analysts say has served his political goals of weeding out enemies and weakening rival factions. In 2020, Xi launched a renewed "rectification" campaign targeting police, the judiciary and state security officials in which he vowed to "scrape the poison off the bone". He will seek a precedent-defying third term at an October Party Congress. Separately, the CCDI also announced Thursday the expulsion from the party of Wang Bin, former chairman of China Life Insurance Company, and former Liaoning province vice-governor Hao Chunrong for corruption and bribery. Earlier this week, the former vice-governor of Gansu province, Song Liang, was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes. lxc/je/axn
'Submit or quit': Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit. Wong, 34, fears he will soon join the exodus of teachers and students triggered by Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong, which has started transforming local schools, according to multiple educators. The latest government figures show more than 4,000 teachers left their jobs in the past school year, a five-year ... read more
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