China corruption campaign: On Zhou Yongkang's trail

May 06, 2014 23:23

A question all of China is asking but I didn't expect an elderly man to stop by the pond in Zhou's home village and press me for answers.

Until recently one of China's most powerful politicians, Zhou Yongkang has simply disappeared, presumed victim of the Orwellian security apparatus he once controlled.

In this picture-postcard scene complete with ducks on the pond and hens on the green, the whitewashed family compound was giving nothing away to the trickle of scandal-hunters loitering at the gate.

And in faraway Beijing, Zhou's name has not been mentioned in the official media for seven months.

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