China’s corruption watchdog probing Emergency Management Minister

China’s Minister of Emergency Management, Wang Xiangxi, ?is being investigated for suspected “serious ?violations of discipline and law,” a ?common euphemism for corruption, the ?anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday (January 31, 2026) as a purge of senior officials continues. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not provide details in its statement on Wang, a Communist Party secretary. ?It is relatively rare for ?a sitting Minister to undergo investigation. In President Xi Jinping’s years-long corruption purge, the Defence Ministry ?announced last week ?it was investigating the nation’s top general, Zhang Youxia, who is second only to Xi in the military…