Former Party Boss of Alibaba’s Home Town Expelled Over Business Ties

What’s new: Zhou Jiangyong, former party chief of the capital of the East China’s Zhejiang province, has been expelled from China’s Communist Party and removed from official duties for “supporting the disorderly expansion of capital,” according to a statement released by the country’s top anti-graft body Wednesday.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement that after an investigation, the former party chief of Hangzhou was found “colluding with businesses, supporting the disorderly expansion of capital and deliberately obstructing an official investigation,” among other violations of law and party discipline.