A senior official has been expelled from China’s ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-running
anti-corruption campaign. Ma Xingrui is one of three members of the current Politburo, the 24-member body made up of top party leaders, to be purged in the campaign. The
other two are military generals. Analysts see the campaign as an important tool to enforce loyalty to Xi as well as root out corruption.
“Xi’s ability to expel a sitting Politburo member underscores his continued dominance ahead of next year’s 21st Party Congress” said Neil Thomas, an expert on Chinese politics at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
State media referred to Ma, who
was named to the Politburo in 2022, as a former member of the body in their latest reports.
