Sun Zhengcai, a former top Chinese Communist Party official once considered a potential successor to President Xi Jinping, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of taking bribes.

Sun Zhengcai, the Communist Party Secretary for the city of Chongqing and a member of the 25-person Politburo, previously pleaded guilty to bribery, corruption, and abuse of power. Sun was ...

TIANJIN — Sun Zhengcai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes of over 170 million ...

Facing court in northern China, former Chongqing Party Secretary Sun Zhengcai admitted to accepting more than 170 million yuan ($27 million) between 2002 and 2017, in both property and cash ...

FILE PHOTO: Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Sun Zhengcai attends the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ...

China’s once-powerful politician Sun Zhengcai is to stand trial for bribery, state media announced, moving a step closer to the conclusion of a case that has brought down one of the country’s ...

BEIJING – Former Chinese political high-flyer Sun Zhengcai is standing trial for bribery in eastern China, making him one of the highest-level officials to be prosecuted in President Xi Jinping ...

The statement concluded Sun’s problems in a tremendously harsh tone: Sun Zhengcai totally deviated from the Party spirit and political requirements on senior officials, betrayed the trust of ...

Sun Zhengcai was dismissed in July as party leader in the western megacity of Chongqing and was among other disgraced former officials cited by the chairman of China's securities regulator as ...

Sun Zhengcai, a former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once considered a potential successor to President Xi Jinping, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of ...

BEIJING – Chinese authorities have charged former rising political star Sun Zhengcai with bribery. The Supreme People's Procuratorate announced the indictment of Sun, the former Communist Party ...