China’s Communists Oust First Official Over ‘Disorderly’ Capital
- Zhou Jiangyong was party boss in Alibaba’s headquarter city
- Anti-graft agency vowed to tackle disorderly capital last week
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The Communist Party has expelled its first official over corruption charges relating to the “disorderly expansion of capital,” a slogan central to President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on huge Chinese tech companies.
China’s anti-corruption agency ousted Zhou Jiangyong, former party secretary of Hangzhou -- the base of Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. -- for serious violations of official duties, taking bribes and abuse of power, it announced in a Wednesday statement.