Mayor’s Discipline Probe Shakes Up China’s Political Chessboard
- Tianjin boss investigated over unspecified party violations
- Uncertainty over key post as Xi lays ground for reshuffle
China's Graft Probe Snares Tianjin Mayor
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The investigation of the top leader in China’s northern port of Tianjin comes amid a nationwide reshuffle of provincial leadership posts and could add uncertainty to the Chinese Communist Party’s mid-term power transfer next year.
Mayor and acting party chief Huang Xingguo is being probed for “serious disciplinary violations,” the top anti-graft agency said Saturday, using a euphemism for corruption. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection statement provided no details about the nature of the allegations.