China’s corruption watchdog probing emergency management minister

(Reuters) — 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 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 yearslong corruption purge, the defense ministry announced last week it was investigating the nation’s top general, Zhang Youxia, who is second only to Xi in the military leadership….