The Chinese Communist Party dismissed 33 senior political and military officials.
Xi Jinping, on the brink of trying to win a fourth term as leader, emphasized the loyalty of party officials. Liu Jianchao, a prominent former diplomat, is among those expelled from the party. The Communist Party of China has removed dozens of its senior members from the ranks of the party. Among them is a former member of the Political Bureau, a former senior general and a former diplomat.
China's ruling Communist Party announced Thursday, October 29, that it had officially expelled 33 senior political and military officials from the party. Among these people is a prominent former diplomat and one of the military secretaries of China's supreme leader, Xi Jinping.
This announcement revealed the broad dimensions of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaigns; The campaigns on the eve of his attempt to win a fourth leadership term next year are still ongoing.