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Ren Zhiqiang, the former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. Ren, an influential critic of the Chinese Communist party was put under investigation for " serious violations of discipline and the law," after he suggested president Xi Jinping was a "clown" over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Ren was sentenced to 18 years in prison and also fined 4.2m yuan, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court said on its website on Tuesday. The Court verdict said that Ren, 69, "voluntarily and truthfully confessed all his crimes," and would not appeal the court's decision.

China registered 5 new coronavirus cases on June 1, down from 16 a day earlier, the National Health Comission said on Tuesday. All of the new cases were so-called imported infections from travelers overseas. The mainland also reported 10 new asymptomatic cases - those who are infected but do not show symptoms - compared with 16 a day earlier. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 83,022, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634. 

A second Chinese city has gone into draconian lockdown today after the emergence of a local coronavirus cluster that has fuelled growing fears of a second wave of infections in China. The north-eastern city of Jilin, with a population of more than four million, shut down its borders and suspended public transport on Wednesday. All residents are not allowed to enter or leave their residential compounds unless it is necessary. All cinemas, indoor gyms, internet cafes and other enclosed entertainment venues in Jilin must shut immediately, and pharmacies must report all sales of fever and antiviral medicines, the Jilin government said in a  statement . Local authorities also said that residents are only allowed to leave the city if they obtain reports to prove that they have tested negative for COVID-19 in the past 48 hours and complete an unspecified period of 'strict self-isolation'.  It comes four days after a neighbouring city Shulan, a city of 600,000 people, was p

Two Chinese has reportedly been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, for allegedly offering bribe up to the tune of N100 million to it's top officer. The EFCC, made the announcement via its Official Twitter account. The statement reads: "EFCC Arrests Two Chinese For Offering N100m Bribe To Its Top Officer The Sokoto Zonal Office of the EFCC, has arrested two Chinese: Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi for offering a sum of N50,000,000 as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.   The suspects were arrested on Monday, May 11, 2020 in Sokoto. The bribe was allegedly offered in a desperate bid to compromise ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, handling contracts awarded by the Zamfara State Government in the sum of N50,000,000,000.00(Fifty Billion Naira) between 2012 to 2019. The zonal office of the Commission is investigating the construction company, in connection with the execution of con

The Chinese football association has disclosed on Friday that China will play their World cup qualifiers against Maldives and Guam in Thailand behind closed doors because of Coronavirus. This is seen as the latest disruption to sport in china which is the epicenter of the dreaded coronavirus that has killed more than 2200 people in the country and also raised a global alarm. On March 26 China will play the Maldives and then take on Guam on March 31 at the Chang Arena in Buriram. The Thai government asked that both ties be played behind closed door because of coronavirus, the CFA said. China are in danger of missing the 2022 World cup in Qatar as they are placed second in the qualifying Group A, eight place behind leaders Syria.