Reuters, BEIJINGThe new leader of the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has demanded that officials banish the “evil legacy” of its former party chief Bo Xilai (薄熙來), state media said yesterday, a man jailed for life in 2013 after a dramatic corruption scandal. Chen Miner (陳敏爾) on Saturday was suddenly appointed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary for Chongqing, unceremoniously replacing Sun Zhengcai (孫政才), who sources said is now under investigation. Meeting city officials, Chen told them that they must “unify their thought” on the feedback the party graft-buster gave the last time it inspected the city, a reference to the February report. “Resolutely eliminate the evil legacy of Bo and Wang thought from thinking, politics and work style,” the official Chongqing Daily paraphrased Chen as saying on Monday, using an unusually strong expression that can also refer to syphilis. “Jointly create a pure political ecosystem and good environment for work,” Chen added.

Source: Taipei Times July 18, 2017 15:56 UTC