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China Expels 33 Senior Officials in Xi Purge

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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China’s Communist Party expelled 33 senior political and military officials during its Fifth Plenum in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.
The expulsions expose the scale of Xi’s anticorruption campaign and raise concerns about governance stability ahead of his fourth term.
The Committee confirmed expulsions, naming Liu Jianchao and Zhong Shaojun, after a Politburo vote.
Five of seven Central Military Commission members were removed, signaling a reshuffle of military leadership.

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The Chinese Communist Party expelled 33 members at its Fifth Plenum in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.
The purge left General Zhang Shengmin as the only military official remaining on the Politburo.
Attendance fell to 279 full and alternate members, about 74 % of the 376 named in 2022, the lowest since the post-Mao era.
The party’s anti-corruption watchdog said 680,000 members had been disciplined in the first nine months of 2026.

History

In October 1976 Premier Hua Guofeng, backed by Marshal Ye Jianying and Wang Dongxing, arrested the four members of the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution and allowing Deng Xiaoping to assume leadership. The 2026 Fifth Plenum’s expulsion of 33 officials, including General Zhang Shengmin, echoes that historic purge and reinforces Party-military control.

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Military Leadership Reshuffle

China’s Communist Party expelled 33 senior political and military officials during its Fifth Plenum in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.
The expulsions expose the scale of Xi’s anticorruption campaign and raise concerns about governance stability ahead of his fourth term.
The Committee confirmed expulsions, naming Liu Jianchao and Zhong Shaojun, after a Politburo vote.
Five of seven Central Military Commission members were removed, signaling a reshuffle of military leadership.

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