Beijing Sidelines Local Guizhou Anti-Graft Authorities in Rare Intervention

China’s central anti-corruption body is now directing a provincial-level probe that has spread through most of the local power structure, insiders say.

A general view of Tiananmen Square under rain clouds after several days of heavy air pollution in Beijing on July 4, 2013. Feng Li/Getty Images

An unusually broad anti-corruption probe is sweeping through southwest China’s Guizhou Province—and this time, Beijing appears to be running it directly.

According to insiders and official announcements, at least 18 officials under provincial-level management have been placed under investigation as of mid-April.