China has expelled its disgraced former railways minister from the ruling Communist party for allegedly engaging in bribery and vice, more than a year after a fatal crash put the brakes on China’s train-building programme.
Liu Zhijun had been placed under investigation and stripped of his railway post last February, a case that lifted the lid on widespread corruption in China’s rush to construct the world’s biggest high-speed train network.
The mismanagement of these ambitious plans culminated in tragedy in July last year when two bullet trains collided near Shanghai, killing 40 people.
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