Former Provincial Political Advisory Chief Falls Under Graft Probe

What’s new: Chinese authorities said they are launching a graft probe into the former chief of the political advisory body in Northwest China’s Shaanxi province.

Han Yong, an ex-chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law” — a common euphemism for corruption, according to a one-line statement from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.