A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, November 8, 2012. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has replaced the Communist Party leader of the coal-rich northern province of Shanxi amid what a top leader said was a grim corruption problem and a troubled political scene, state media reported.
Wang Rulin will take up the post of Shanxi party chief, replacing Yuan Chunqing, who will be shifted to the central government's leading group for rural work, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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