China Confirms 33 Party Expulsions, Leaves Two on Military Commission

At a Beijing meeting that closed Oct. 29, the Communist Party’s Central Committee formalized previously announced expulsions of 33 members, 16 of them military officials. The fifth plenary session of the party’s 20th Central Committee met in Beijing from Oct. 26-29. It drew 162 full Central Committee members and 117 alternates. The commission leads China’s armed forces. The plenum also elected Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin to the Politburo. The Politburo had made the expulsion decisions before the meeting, and the plenum confirmed them. The 33 included 16 military officials and 17 others.

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