Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus: Beijing purges Communist Party heads in Hubei over ‘botched’ outbreak response in provincial capital of Wuhan
- Provincial party secretary is highest-ranking political casualty so far of botched virus response
- Former Shanghai mayor and close ally of President Xi Jinping takes his place
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Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters