Xi’s Secretive Graft Purges Spawn Underground Market for Leaks
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- scmp.comseen 29 Aug, 10:10headline rewritten
In Focus | Is ‘resource curse’ to blame in regions hit harder by anti-corruption campaign?In Focus | Why China’s mineral hubs and border regions face heaviest anti-corruption toll
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How it spread - 14 original reports
Wed, 12 August 2026
2 reports- Bloomberg Politics22:00first to report
The black box around Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown has long fueled political gossip in China. Now, an underground market is emerging for selling purported secrets on who might be next to fall.
- Japan Times22:45
The groups are flourishing a year before the leadership congress where Xi could secure a precedent-defying fourth term.
Fri, 14 August 2026
1 report- El Mundo (Spain)10:49
Una red de "topos", intermediarios y grupos privados vende información sobre quién puede ser el próximo alto cargo caído en desgracia en la campaña anticorrupción lanzada por el presidente chino Leer
Sat, 15 August 2026
1 report- Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)07:04
Il 6 luglio 2025, la cronologia dettagliata della carriera dell’ex sindaco di Wuhan, Zhou Xianwang, comincia a circolare sui social cinesi. Solo due giorni dopo, la Commissione centrale per l’ispezione disciplinare, il principale organo anticorruzione del Paese, annuncia che l’uomo è sotto inchiesta. Alla fine di novembre, a rimbalzare in rete è un’immagine dell’ex quadro, […] L'articolo In Cina è boom di soffiate online sui funzionari indagati per corruzione: il mercato nero che Pechino non...
Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post22:00
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign. In the first part of a series accompanying the data project, Phoebe Zhang looks at how the campaign became one of the Communist Party’s most important policies. In the early years of President Xi Jinping’s first term, when graft fighters were taking down senior officials in ways that raised eyebrows, Chinese authorities constantly had to remind the public that the...
Tue, 25 August 2026
3 reports- South China Morning Post06:49
- South China Morning Post09:35
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption is picking up pace even after more than a decade of investigations, according to a South China Morning Post deep dive. There were 65 probes into civilian officials of vice-ministerial grade or above last year versus just 19 in 2013, when Xi took office, the research shows. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top anti-corruption body, has also started 46 investigations so far this year, compared with 39 in the...
- South China Morning Post22:00
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign. In the second part of an accompanying series, William Zheng examines how the campaign has targeted corrupt officials outside the Chinese capital and long after retirement. It used to be an easy choice for senior Chinese officials deciding between a local government position and a post at the same level in Beijing. Most would choose the assignment outside the...
Wed, 26 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post22:00
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign. In the third part of a series accompanying the data project, William Zheng looks at the relationship between rich regional resources and corruption. Beneath the desolate Gobi Desert and sparsely populated mountains of China’s less developed regions lie abundant mineral resources, ranging from coal, the most basic fuel for China’s economy, to critical minerals needed...
- scmp.com22:00edited after publishing
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In Focus | Is ‘resource curse’ to blame in regions hit harder by anti-corruption campaign?China’s past CCDI annual plenums stress intensifying efforts to combat corruption where ‘power, funds and resources are concentrated’.
Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post05:25
For more, check out the South China Morning Post’s full anti-corruption data bank project:
Fri, 28 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post02:00
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign. In the fourth part of an accompanying series, Yuanyue Dang and William Zheng delve into the broader reach of the campaign. While economic crimes are often seen as the target of President Xi Jinping’s crusade against corruption, the campaign has become much wider. Thirteen years since it began, it is now increasingly about how officials use their power, whether they...
- slguardian.org07:30
China’s anti-corruption campaign under President Xi Jinping has expanded far beyond its original focus on economic crime, increasingly becoming a system for scrutinising how officials exercise power, follow central directives,...
Wed, 2 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post04:39
For more, check out the South China Morning Post’s full anti-corruption data bank project: