- 2h ago
China expels 33 officials at Communist Party plenum, with a record number of empty seats
The Central Committee confirmed on Thursday, 29 October, the expulsion of 33 senior officials, 16 of them from the military, at the close of its fifth plenum in Beijing. Only 279 members attended the session.
- 4d ago
China's Communist Party expels 33 officials, 16 of them military, at fifth plenum
The fifth plenum ratified the expulsion of 33 senior officials and elevated Zhang Shengmin to the Politburo. Attendance fell to 279 Central Committee members, below 300 for the first time in Xi Jinping's 14 years in power.