China probes party official in restive Xinjiang days after attack

China is investigating a Communist Party official in the restive western region of Xinjiang on suspicion of "serious disciplinary breaches", the graft watchdog said on Thursday, days after an attack on a government building in his prefecture. In a short statement online, the Xinjiang Discipline Inspection Commission announced the investigation of Zhang Jinbiao, 53, party secretary of Hotan prefecture in south Xinjiang. Resource-rich Xinjiang has been home to waves of violence in recent years, wi