https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-expels-a-record-number-from-communist-party-amid-xi-s-intensified-purges-of-top-officialsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-expels-a-record-number-from-communist-party-amid-xi-s-intensified-purges-of-top-officialshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-expels-a-record-number-from-communist-party-amid-xi-s-intensified-purges-of-top-officials#u171521Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:46:34 +0000China has confirmed the expulsion of a record number of officials during a Communist Party plenum in Beijing, underscoring an intensified anti-corruption crackdown led by Xi Jinping. The sweeping political purge featured an unprecedented number of empty seats at the meeting, signaling the severe scale of disciplinary actions affecting top officials across the party elite. Over the course of 14 years, millions of party members and officials have been purged. The recent meeting also targeted unwritten rules in the party's ongoing war on corruption and advanced party discipline as a central