China to Inspect Major State-Owned Enterprises in Anti-Graft Drive

Chinese anti-graft authorities will inspect all major state-owned enterprises this year, state media reported on Wednesday, as the country widens a sprawling campaign against corruption. The anti-corruption campaign has felled a swath of officials at state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, the parent of PetroChina. Zhou Yongkang, China's disgraced domestic security tsar who has become the most high-profile target of the drive, once ran the oil giant. The Central...

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