# China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-30T02:56:46+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/china-expels-record-number-communist-party-xi-jinping-purges-officials-fifth-plenum
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/china-expels-a-record-number-from-communist-party-amid-xi-s-intensifie-dec6d7/

The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping China expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist party (CCP) as it concluded a major political gathering , which saw an unprecedented number of empty seats indicating the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping. A record 33 members

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