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Xi’s anti-corruption purge grants death-sentence reprieves
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Story summary
- Xi Jinping launched an anti-corruption purge that suspended death sentences for senior officials.
- Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu each received a two-year reprieve on their death sentences.
- Only Xi and Central Military Commission discipline chief Zhang Shengmin remain on the CMC.
- The Politburo shrank from 24 to 21 members after recent purges.
- Over 200 party elites will meet behind closed doors before Xi’s expected fourth-term endorsement.