China’s Communist Party conclave on toughening discipline sees record expulsions, absences

October 30, 2026 1:41 PM

China’s Communist Party conclave on toughening discipline sees record expulsions, absences

A Chinese Communist Party conclave on toughening internal discipline this week formally expelled a record number of senior officials and logged the highest absence rate in its modern history as purges thinned its leadership ranks. The gathering, the party's fifth plenum since the current leadership cohort was formed in 2022, also set the 21st Party Congress for the second half of 2027 in Beijing, effectively starting proceedings for China's tightly choreographed, twice-a-decade top reshuffle, w...

China’s Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures

October 26, 2026 3:25 PM

China’s Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures

China's Communist Party began a four-day meeting of its highest-ranking members on Monday targeting concrete measures for "full and rigorous party self-governance", as President Xi Jinping seeks to reinforce his authority and enforce ideological uniformity. Xi briefed the party's Central Committee on a draft document that state news agency Xinhua said addressed the challenges the party faced, including growing its governing capacity, as well as guarding against complacency and combating corrupt...