January 10: Zhou Container, 41, older son out of resigned senior chief Zhou Yongkang, lower than official detention and the family members has actually tried solicitors to arrange his protection against you can bribery accusations.
January 15: Liu Xueku, 60, previous manager regarding Hebei province’s change commission is actually apprehended by anti-graft bodies in the yearly meeting of your provincial man’s congress.
Though judge reforms went on, discover backsliding to your key individual rights activities when you look at the year, in addition to arrests men and women revealing sensitive sufferers online, health activists, work protesters, defense attorneys, reporters, domestic church users, while others looking to take advantage of the area created by reforms.