PoliticsChina’s Communist Party expels senior officials and tightens discipline ahead of 2027 congress

China’s ruling Communist Party plans further discipline measures as it concludes a meeting that will help prepare for next year’s five-yearly party congress. Xi Jinping launched an anti-corruption drive in 2013; every Central Military Commission member except Xi and General Zhang Shengmin has been removed. Zhang was promoted to the Politburo at the Fifth Plenum.