Editor of Chinese paper to be prosecuted

China plans to prosecute the former editor of the official Communist Party newspaper in the restive north-western region of Xinjiang, with the party’s watchdog saying that he was corrupt.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a note on its website that Zhao Xinwei was guilty of serious violations of discipline, which usually means corruption.

Unusually, however, it also accused Zhao of failing to toe the party line on the fight against separatism, terrorism, religion, extremism, and other sensitive issues.