Wang Baoan

A Chinese court today jailed for life the former head of the statistics bureau, Wang Baoan, after finding him guilty of corruption, the latest official to be brought down in President Xi Jinping's war on corruption.

China today expelled its "morally corrupt" former national statistics chief from the ruling Communist Party and the public office, accusing him of "insatiably" trading power and money for sex besides following superstitious beliefs.

A Chinese court today jailed for life the former head of the statistics bureau, Wang Baoan, after finding him guilty of corruption, the latest official to be brought down in President Xi Jinping's war on corruption.

China today expelled its "morally corrupt" former national statistics chief from the ruling Communist Party and the public office, accusing him of "insatiably" trading power and money for sex besides following superstitious beliefs.