Following the fall of Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu in September, more officials are being investigated by the party’s discipline inspection commission. Some analysts expected the anti-corruption fight to die down after the high-profile dismissal of Chen. But this seems not to be the case.
In Beijing, the director of the National Bureau of Statistics Qiu Xiaohua was abruptly replaced. It was reported that he was also implicated in the pension fund scandal. And in Shanghai the man who brought Formula 1 racing to the city, Yu Zhifei was also picked up for questioning.
In Shenzhen, several judges were arrested, one of them only hours after being promoted. The party has been fighting a ‘life and death’ struggle against corruption for many many years. It seems this time Hu Jintao means business.
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