Chen Liangyu has been held in Qincheng Prison in Beijing’s northern suburbs. During his incarceration, some real estate projects in Shanghai were reported to have been put on ice, ...

- The Communist Party's former chief in Shanghai was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for graft, after an enormous pension fund scandal that toppled dozens of officials and businesspeople ...

Chen Liangyu, who served as party secretary of Shanghai and as a member of Beijing’s ruling Politburo, is the highest ranking official in more than a decade to be targeted in a campaign against ...

Chen Liangyu, who had been a member of China's powerful 24-seat Politburo, was the highest-level Chinese official to be purged in a decade. Like most high-ranking officials, ...

Chen Liangyu, the Shanghai party secretary, was implicated in a probe of misused social security funds. World. A Top Chinese Official Is Fired in Corruption Probe. September 25, 2006 4:00 PM ET.

China's President Hu Jintao moved swiftly on Monday to remove the most powerful man in Shanghai from office in what is Hu's most decisive step to consolidate power since becoming Chinese Communist ...

Chen Liangyu was dismissed on Sept. 24 as party secretary of Shanghai. His sudden removal on corruption charges signifies Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Hu Jintao's final consolidation ...

The Communist Party's former chief in Shanghai was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for graft, following a massive pension-fund scandal ...

The Trial of Chen Liangyu. Paul Mason; 8 Apr 08, 11:27 AM "Before, you used to have to pay a one billion dollar bribe to get a personal audience with a major Chinese politician," one foreign ...

Suspicions about Chen Liangyu first surfaced three years ago, when President Hu Jintao apparently did not feel powerful enough to launch an open attack on a protégé of former President Jiang Zemin.