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A Bad Week for ..., September 8, 2013

The head of a cabinet agency overseeing the 100 largest state-owned enterprises is caught up in a corruption probe. Jiang Jiemin, director of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the former chairman of the country's biggest oil company, is suspected of "serious discipline violations". Jiang was appointed to the cabinet-level post in March and was previously chairman of CNPC.

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The head of a cabinet agency overseeing the 100 largest state-owned enterprises is caught up in a corruption probe. Jiang Jiemin, director of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the former chairman of the country's biggest oil company, is suspected of "serious discipline violations". Jiang was appointed to the cabinet-level post in March and was previously chairman of CNPC.

 

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