BEIJING (Reuters) - A deputy head of China's top planning agency has been sacked for corruption after allegations against him were first posted online, media said on Tuesday, in the government's latest move against pervasive graft. Liu Tienan had been removed as deputy of the National Development and Reform Commission for "serious discipline violations", the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted ...

BEIJING — China's ruling Communist Party has punished 21 officials over a scandal in which developers were allegedly extorted by a developer after being secretly filmed in liaisons with hired women.The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that the party's disciplinary body in the central city of Chongqing had stripped former local district party chief Lei Zhengfu of his party ...