China’s Founder of High-Speed Railways Under Investigation
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China’s Ministry of Railways removed Zhang Shuguang as deputy chief engineer and is investigating him for alleged “severe violation of discipline,” Xinhua News Agency said, in the second probe of an official from the ministry in a week.
Zhang, 54, is known as the founder of China’s high-speed railway technology and an ally of former railway minister Liu Zhijun, Caixin Online reported yesterday. He was being investigated by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xinhua said. Wang Yongping, spokesman for the Ministry of Railways, declined to comment when reached by telephone.