China probes top military official for corruption
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has "decided to suspend Miao Hua from duty pending investigation", Wu Qian, a spokesman for Beijing's defence ministry, told a press briefing. Wu did not provide further details about the charges against Miao, an admiral and a member of Beijing's powerful Central Military Commission (CMC). But "serious violations of discipline" are commonly used by officials in China as a euphemism for corruption. Miao sat on China's Central Military Commission alongside five other men... Читать дальше...