Chongqing

BIZ BRIEF: NEC, Chongqing to develop smart city,...
NEC Corp. announced April 10 that it will form a partnership with the Chinese city of Chongqing to develop a smart city and cloud computing services.
China moves to right wrongs in city Bo once ruled
Skyline of Yuzhong Peninsula with skyscrapers and high-rise buildings at the juction of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River at sunset in Chongqing, China (AP Photo)
BEIJING--With China's new leaders freshly installed in power, authorities are turning their attention to tying up loose ends in the sprawling, scandal-ridden city once ruled by ...
Sex-tape dismissal shows Xi’s anti-corruption...
Sun Zhengcai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The new party chief of Chongqing speedily dismissed a senior official involved in a sex-tape scandal, demonstrating the new Chinese leadership's commitment to fighting...
UPDATE: China appoints new top official for...
Sun Zhengcai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China has confirmed that rising star Sun Zhengcai has been appointed Communist Party boss for the scandal-ridden southwestern city of Chongqing, taking the old job of...
Chinese serial killer shot dead after massive...
BEIJING--Chinese police in the southwestern city of Chongqing shot dead a fugitive serial killer and armed robber on Aug. 14 after a massive manhunt aimed at reassuring people...
INSIGHT: Bo's brand of justice leaves time bomb for ...
Bo Xilai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
CHONGQING, China--China's fallen politician Bo Xilai left a time bomb as a parting gift for the Communist Party leadership that threw him out--the smoldering demands for...
RISE AND FALL: Bo's policies loved by the masses,...
An apartment complex for low-income residents in Chongqing began accepting occupants last September. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the 13th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (12) : Bo's revolutionary-song...
Young men and women urge the public to “sing red songs” in the billboard in front of the Chongqing airport in this photo taken on April 2. The billboard has since been removed. (Kentaro Koyama)
Editor's note: This is the 12th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL (13) : Bo's policies loved by the...
An apartment complex for low-income residents in Chongqing began accepting occupants last September. (Nozomu Hayashi)
Editor's note: This is the 13th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
RISE AND FALL: Bo's revolutionary-song campaign...
Young men and women urge the public to “sing red songs” in the billboard in front of the Chongqing airport in this photo taken on April 2. The billboard has since been removed. (Kentaro Koyama)
Editor's note: This is the 12th of a series on Bo Xilai. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Investigators say Bo Xilai's wife admits to killing ...
Gu Kailai’s book, “Winning A Lawsuit in America,” featured a photograph of her on its cover. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--Glamorous Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Chongqing city boss Bo Xilai, has confessed to killing British businessman Neil Heywood, according to Chinese Communist Party...
Source: Chongqing looks to sell distressed assets...
The Asahi Shimbun
CHONGQING/HONG KONG--China's biggest municipality, Chongqing, has approached Hong Kong investors with the aim of selling distressed property assets and bolstering its finances, ...
Source: Bo's wife dressed as Chinese army general...
The Asahi Shimbun
BEIJING--A woman at the center of China's biggest political scandal in two decades, wife of deposed political leader Bo Xilai, had once dressed as a military commander last...
Bo's wife had affair with dead businessman, says...
Gu Kailai’s book, “Winning A Lawsuit in America,” shows her on its cover. (Nozomu Hayashi)
The wife of disgraced Chinese Communist party leader Bo Xilai had an affair with the British businessman she is accused of murdering, according to a Chinese municipal...
Few foreigners stayed in Chongqing, so Heywood...
The cottage where Neil Heywood was found dead stands on a hill overlooking central Chongqing. It stands apart from the hotel's main building and was shrouded in darkness on April 19. (Nozomu Hayashi)
CHONGQING, China--The crime scene is shrouded in darkness.
More deaths, $6 billion in transfers emerge in...
The Asahi Shimbun
BEIJING--New details in a sensational murder case that has rocked the highest levels of government in China have come to light, including $6 billion in shady transactions and...
INSIGHT/ Brazen and eccentric, the cop at center of ...
In this Oct. 21, 2008 photo, Chongqing city police chief Wang Lijun reacts during a news conference in the southwestern city. (AP photo)
CHONGQING/BEIJING--The raucous diners in a hilltop restaurant in southwest China ignored a waiter's request to quieten down after a complaint from a petite woman at a nearby...
After party chief's ouster, Chongqing thrown into...
Young men and women urge the public to “sing red songs” in the billboard in front of the Chongqing airport in this photo taken on April 2. The billboard has since been removed. (Kentaro Koyama)
CHONGQING, China--Since the fall of charismatic Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai, the city's security situation and political landscape have been thrown into chaos and...
Victim compares Bo's regime to second Cultural...
Li Zhuang, a former lawyer based in Beijing (Photo by Nozomu Hayashi)
BEIJING--Amid a purge of allies of ousted Chongqing city boss Bo Xilai, accounts are emerging of brutality and lawlessness during his domination of one of China’s largest...
Embattled Chinese leadership contender defends...
Bo Xilai, the Communist Party head of the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, replies to reporters at a Chongqing delegation meeting of the National People's Congress. (The Asahi Shimbun)
BEIJING -- A Chinese politician whose ambitions for rising in the Communist Party leadership are under a cloud on March 9 defended his goal of a return to Mao-inspired...