Lawyers

• Tax Leak Reveals Putin Aides, Xi Jinping Relatives, Other World Leaders and Celebrities' Secret Offshore Dealings

  A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has been exposed. This includes dealings of the aides of Russian president Vladimir Putin, other world leaders such as President Xi Jinping, and prominent celebrities.

• 16 People Missing Amidst China’s Crackdown on Anoymous Letter Urging President Xi Jinping’s Resignation

  As China is tracking down the source of the letter urging President Xi Jinping’s resignation, at least 16 people were reported missing. They were allegedly taken away after the letter requesting the president to resign appeared on Wujie News site.

• China to pass its anti-terrorism law despite US’ criticism

  In an effort to combat terrorist attacks, China is not holding back to pass its controversial anti-terrorism law. The US government, meanwhile, had shown disapproval citing that it poses future problems for human rights and ultimately, would only do more harm than good.

• Court hands death sentence to Chinese group chairman over organized group crimes

  Former chairman Liu Han of Sichuan Hanlong Group, his brother, and eight others, including three government officials, were handed out death sentences for their involvement in Mafia-like activities, according to the Xianning Intermediate People's Court's official statement on Weibo.

• China Resources chairman under corruption probe for overpayment of coal assets

  According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the People's Republic of China, over 180,000 officials of the Communist Party has been punished for corruption and abuse of power.

• Chinese president Xi orders clampdown on terrorist activities after Kunming train station knife attack

  In its efforts to address public outcry about the knife attack allegedly by members of the ethnic Uighur separatist movement on unsuspecting migrant workers at a Kunming train station, Chinese president Xi Jinping had ordered authorities to crack down perpetrators of the grisly crime.

• China probes one-time Zhou Yongkang aide over 'serious discipline and law violations'

  Bloomberg said that Ji Wenlin would be the latest government official under investigation by the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in relation to the broader probe launched on former senior member Zhou Yongkang of the mainland's Politburo Standing Committee.