Politics
China expels record 33 officials in largest purge under Xi
October 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
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فى أكبر حملة تطهير.. رئيس الصين يطيح بـ33 مسؤولا من الحزب الشيوعى
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SNSky News Arabia
شي يطرد 33 مسؤولًا من الحزب.. وحملة التطهير تتصاعد
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TGThe Guardian
China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials
(opens the publisher’s site)China's Communist Party expelled 33 members at its fifth plenum this week, its largest set of expulsions in modern history.
- The Central Committee expelled 33 members at the fifth plenum concluded this week, a record for the party.
- Only 279 of the 376 Central Committee members attended, leaving over 25% of the original cohort absent.
- Expelled officials included Zhang Youxia, former second-in-command in the military hierarchy, and Ma Xingrui, former Xinjiang party secretary.
- The Central Military Commission has been reduced to two members, Xi Jinping and anti-graft official Zhang Shengmin, who was promoted to the politburo.