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Wuhan mayor who defended city’s slow response to Covid faces corruption probe

The former mayor of Wuhan, whose handling of the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak was widely criticised, has been placed under investigation for corruption. On Tuesday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country’s top anti-corruption body, said Zhou Xianwang was being investigated for suspected “serious violations of discipline and law” – the standard euphemism for corruption. Zhou was best known for defending the city authorities’ widely criticised response to the early...

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