Shanghai Mayor Resigns
Associated Press
PEKING —
Shanghai Mayor Wang Daohan, 70, has resigned after a five-year tenure, the official New China News Agency said Thursday. Wang reportedly fell in disfavor with Communist Party leaders by not expediting economic reforms in China’s industrial hub.
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