Top Chinese map-making scientist detained in anti-corruption sweep

China’s leading cartographic scientist Zhou Chenghu – the former deputy director of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) – has been detained by anti-corruption authorities.
According to a notice posted on Monday by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top internal disciplinary and supervisory body, Zhou is under investigation by central and local anti-corruption bodies for “suspected serious…

المصدر: South China Morning Post