China's Anti-Graft Probe Aims High

China's sweeping anti-corruption campaign is intensifying, and the second round of major investigations this year is expected to begin in the coming weeks. Time until the 2017 Communist Party Congress is growing short, and resources at the country's top anti-graft body, the overburdened Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), are strained. China's top leaders appear to have made a choice to focus the newest round of investigations on ousting supporters of their political enemies rather than on rooting out corruption. Primarily zeroing in on influential figures at the top of powerful organizations, President Xi Jinping and his allies are seeking to clear the decks of rivals ahead of the leadership transition set to take place at next year's congress....