FAW chairman, Yunnan official under party probe

Beijing

THE chairman of one of China's top state-owned carmakers, FAW Group Corp, and a senior provincial official are being investigated for "violating party discipline", the Communist Party said, employing its usual euphemism for corruption.

After taking over as party and military chief in late 2012, President Xi Jinping declared war on corruption at all levels in China, vowing to go after powerful "tigers" and lowly "flies". Scores of senior officials have been brought down by the campaign, including former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.