
The former mayor of Wuhan, whose handling of the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak was widely criticised, has been placed under investigation for corruption.On Tuesday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country’s top anti-corruption body, said Zhou Xianwang was being investigated for suspected “serious violations of discipline and law” – the standard euphemism for corruption.Zhou was best known for defending the city authorities’ widely criticised response to the early...