China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials
- China expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist party (CCP) as it concluded a major political gathering, which saw an unprecedented number of empty seats indicating the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping.
- A record 33 members were expelled at this week’s fifth plenum, a gathering of top officials that takes place roughly once a year.
- Just 279 of the full and alternate members of the CCP’s Central Committee attended this week’s gathering, compared with the 376 originally named as members in 2022.
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- China expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist party (CCP) as it concluded a major political gathering, which saw an unprecedented number of empty seats indicating the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping.
- A record 33 members were expelled at this week’s fifth plenum, a gathering of top officials that takes place roughly once a year.
- Just 279 of the full and alternate members of the CCP’s Central Committee attended this week’s gathering, compared with the 376 originally named as members in 2022.
Sources: Guardian