China appoints Zhang Zhu agriculture minister in second shake-up in two years

China ?on Thursday named Zhang ?Zhu agriculture minister, ?days after ?appointing him to lead the Communist Party’s operations ?at the ministry, in the second top-level shake-up in two years. Zhang, 58, a veteran regional and ?agricultural official who most recently served as ?party chief of Urumqi, the capital of China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, replaces Han Jun, 62, who had served ?as ?agriculture minister ?and party chief since 2024. Han replaced Tang Renjian, ?who was investigated by the party’s powerful anti-graft ?watchdog in May 2024, after four years in ?the role, and later sentenced to death with ?a ?two-year reprieve for…