BEIJING, Feb 13 — China's Communist Party has replaced the party heads in the coronavirus stricken province of Hubei and its capital Wuhan, state media said on Thursday, reporting the most high profile officials to lose their posts following the epidemic. Shanghai mayor Ying Yong has been...
Jiang Chaoliang, who has been removed as Hubei chief of the Communist Party of China, inspects the newly completed Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 2, 2020. — China Daily pic via Reuters
Shanghai mayor Ying Yong has been appointed as the new secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, replacing Jiang Chaoliang, the official Xinhua news agency said without explaining why Jiang was removed.
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