Xinlu Liang

1 week ago | thestar.com.my | Xinlu Liang |William Zheng

In Beijing, jittery government officials and mid-level managers have been reaching out to a small pool of seasoned criminal lawyers. “Usually it comes after a colleague or a close associate has been rounded up, and they want to be at least able to explain things the graft fighters may find suspicious,” said a veteran criminal lawyer in Beijing, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Xinlu Liang |William Zheng

In Beijing, jittery government officials and mid-level managers have been reaching out to a small pool of seasoned criminal lawyers. “Usually it comes after a colleague or a close associate has been rounded up, and they want to be at least able to explain things the graft fighters may find suspicious,” said a veteran criminal lawyer in Beijing, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

1 month ago | scmp.com | William Zheng |Xinlu Liang

Zhao Leji, the third most senior official in China’s ruling Communist Party and chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, was absent from the closing of the country’s top legislature on Tuesday. Zhao’s last public appearance was at the first meeting of the NPC presidium on Saturday. It is the first time in decades the NPC closing meeting was not attended by all Politburo Standing Committee members.

Jan 4, 2025 | scmp.com | Xinlu Liang

A generation of “homegrown” trained Chinese mathematicians should have emerged as global leaders in their field by 2030, according to former Harvard University professor Shing-Tung Yau. Yau, a Fields medallist and now at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, offered the prediction at the start of a four-day gathering of the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians in Shanghai on Friday, according to the state-run Shanghai Observer.

Jan 3, 2025 | scmp.com | Xinlu Liang

Taiwanese authorities have proposed outlawing a small political party dedicated to unification with mainland China, citing concerns about infiltration and organised crime. Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior announced on Thursday that it would formally request that the constitutional court dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), marking the first attempt to disband a Taiwanese political party in decades.