Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters
Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters
China /  Politics

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

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
William Zheng
William Zheng

Updated: 2:32am, 14 Feb, 2020

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Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters
Shanghai mayor Ying Yong, who has taken over from Jiang Chaoliang as Hubei’s Communist Party chief. Photo: Reuters
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