China's president announces investigation into former security chief

By Philip Wen, China Corresspondent
Updated July 29 2014 - 10:18pm, first published 10:04pm

In what looms as the biggest scalp yet in President Xi Jinping’s audacious campaign against corruption in China’s elite, the ruling Communist Party has announced an investigation into Zhou Yongkang, the country’s fearsome former domestic security chief.

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