The U.S. Department of Justice criminal complaint states that during Xi Jinping's 2015 visit to the U.S., Lu Jianwang and other overseas Chinese association leaders requested each group to organize 15 people to go to Washington to confront other protesters, and were awarded plaques by a deputy bureau chief of the Ministry of Public Security.
Merkel's open-border policy led to a massive influx of illegal migrants from North Africa, the Middle East and other regions into Europe, triggering a subsequent series of public security and integration crises.
In 2015, Xi Jinping visited the US, and Obama held a state banquet. The menu, designed by Chinese-American celebrity chef Anita Lo, combined American ingredients with Chinese flavors and Shaoxing wine among other Chinese elements.
Jia Guichen, the major shareholder of Shanhaiguan, was sentenced for suspected illegal fund-raising. The Public Security Department of Hainan Province illegally auctioned land and under-construction projects owned by the Shanhaiguan company valued at 517 million as a whole.
Huang Youlong borrowed 60 million euros (approximately HK$280 million) from the Sun City VIP room at Crown Casino in Australia and lost it all within six days, effectively completing overseas money laundering and settlement through casino accounts.
Che Feng, who acted as a wealth management agent for multiple red-family elites, was taken away for investigation in 2015. He was involved in massive capital operations including Haitong Securities and Ping An Insurance.
Fumao Group ordered a cargo ship at a state-owned shipyard in Qingdao, with a loan provided by the Export-Import Bank of China. This is the first cooperation between financial institutions on both sides of the strait to participate in ship financing.
According to FBI investigations, the Changle Union in Manhattan organized a welcome team for Xi Jinping's 2015 US visit activities and harassed anti-communist individuals.
Huang Youlong borrowed AUD 60 million at an Australian casino in 2015 and lost it all within 6 days, moving funds overseas through the casino and offshore accounts.
According to a 2018 Foreign Policy investigation, the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy recruited about 700 students through Chinese Students and Scholars Associations at U.S. universities, paying each about $20 per day.
During the European refugee crisis, the Polish government made clear that it would not accept illegal immigrants who cannot integrate into the culture, insisting on border security and traditional values.
Xi Jinping mentioned in public that no 'Iron-Hat Princes' would be allowed to exist, after which high-ranking generals such as Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong were brought down.
Jack Ma teamed up with entrepreneurs like Liu Chuanzhi and Feng Lun to found Hupan University, replicating a shared entrepreneurial identity and commercial network through alumni networks and unified training.
In 2015, Shen Haixiong was appointed as a Standing Committee member of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Deputy Head of the Publicity Department.
The video notes that the family planning policy, which should have been revised when Xi Jinping took office, was not relaxed to allow two children until 2015.
According to court documents recounted by the media, during the 2015 welcoming events in Washington, members of the Fujian Native Place Association received about $60 per day each, while students were calculated at about $20 per day.
In 2015, the CCP issued a red notice through Interpol to assist in tracking fugitives abroad, but its effectiveness varies depending on political relations between countries.
When Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan visited the UK in 2015, Xi Mingze accompanied them to Buckingham Palace and interacted with the British Queen.
In 2015, the U.S. military held a robot rescue challenge, with events covering practical working skills such as opening doors, prying open car doors, and climbing over rubble.
The stage play "The Stage," a collaboration between Chen Peisi and playwright Yu Yue, premiered in Beijing and later toured hundreds of venues across China, using the story of a theatrical troupe as a metaphor for the relationship between power and art.
In 2015, Chinese agents infiltrated the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and stole security clearance background check files of more than 21 million current and former federal employees, including fingerprints, financial records, foreign contacts, psychological evaluations, marital issues, medical records and other sensitive background investigation materials.
In 2015, Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology took part in a study that synthesized a chimeric SARS-like coronavirus to understand its ability to infect humans; the hybrid virus described in the paper carried the spike protein of a Chinese horseshoe bat coronavirus.
From late 2015 to 2016, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League faced reforms, its organizational staffing was streamlined, and its budget was significantly cut, weakening the Youth League faction's ability to cultivate young cadres.
In 2015, about 80 million medical records were stolen from the second-largest health insurance company in the United States, cited as one of the cases linked to a China-backed information theft campaign.
China's auto production capacity soared after 2015, with the government offering subsidies of up to 90% for building electric vehicle plants, giving rise to overcapacity.
Zhai Zhenwu, a demographer at Renmin University of China, published an article opposing the lifting of the two-child policy, claiming that if it were fully lifted immediately, the annual peak of births would reach 49.95 million; in 2017, actual births fell instead of rising, his prediction failed, yet he still serves as president of the China Population Association.
On December 22, 2014, the Standing Committee of the CCP Central Committee's Politburo announced that it had placed Ling Jihua, then head of the United Front Work Department, under investigation; nine days later, Sun Chunlan succeeded him as head of the United Front Work Department.
On December 8, 2014, the grand premiere of the new film 'Gone with the Bullets', directed by Jiang Wen, was originally scheduled for that evening. It was urgently called off due to new developments in the censorship process and was held one week later.
The CCP Central Committee reported that Zhou Yongkang leaked Party and state secrets, committed adultery with multiple women, and engaged in power-for-sex and money-for-sex transactions.
A video circulating online claims that the Guizhou provincial government has established a leading group for government debt management, with Chen Min'er as head and Chen Yiqin as executive deputy head, requiring control over the scale of debt and prevention of blind project launches. This claim originated from a video, and no public document can be found.
Wang Ning transferred from Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Commander of the People's Armed Police.
Dong Jun was transferred from Deputy Commander of the East Sea Fleet to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy.
The first World Internet Conference was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, inviting political and business figures from multiple countries as well as internet industry participants.
FBI declassified documents record that Fang Fang invited an associate close to Swalwell to visit China during an election night gathering.
In November 2014, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of California, Los Angeles held an “If You Are the One” matchmaking event, and Zhang Wanying was listed as the fifth female guest.
On October 14, 2014, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) announced that Zhu Yunlai had resigned from the positions of president and chairman of the management committee, with Lin Shoukang serving as acting president.
On the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the birth of Xi Zhongxun, Xi Yuanping published a reminiscence article titled “Beautiful Woodlands” in the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, recounting the love story with his wife Zhang Lanlan and accompanied by a photo of the two together; the article was subsequently reported to have been ordered deleted across the entire network.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission announced the approval for the preparation of Shanghai Life Insurance, with Mi Chunlei's Landsea Holdings as the largest shareholder and Mi Chunlei as the proposed chairman.
In September 2014, Jiang Wen gave a speech to over 700 students at the University of Pennsylvania, discussing the relationship between the Cultural Revolution and his personal growth.
Actors Ren Quan, Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming put up 80 million to establish the celebrity venture capital fund Star VC.
In June 2014, Fang Xinghai was promoted to Director of the Economic Department Four of the Central Financial and Economic Leadership Group Office.
At the end of May 2014, all Google websites became inaccessible in China and have never been unblocked since. Foreign websites shifted from a blacklist system to a de facto whitelist system.
Xi Jinping made his first instruction regarding the problem of illegal villas in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains in the Xi'an section, kicking off a four-year campaign involving six instructions to crack down on illegal construction in the Qinling Mountains.
In April 2014, Song Lin, Chairman of China Resources Group, was brought down due to his involvement in the Shanxi coal asset acquisition case, which implicated the family interests of Ling Jihua.
In 2014, former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Caihou was investigated, marking the beginning of Xi Jinping's purge of Jiang Zemin's influence in the military.
In 2014, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established the Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Leadership Group, with Xi Jinping serving as its head.
Li Na defeated Cibulkova in the 2014 Australian Open final to claim the second Grand Slam title of her career.
In 2014, a serious knee injury forced Li Na to bid farewell to the professional tour, and she announced the end of her professional tennis career at her retirement press conference.
Zhao Wei and Huang Youlong invested HK$3.1 billion to acquire a 9.18% stake in Alibaba Pictures. Confidential documents show that the funds were provided by Xiao Jianhua's Tomorrow Holding, with the couple acting as proxy holders.
Following the introduction of China's Anti-Espionage Law, the methods for taking hostages have become more diversified.