
CCP expels 33 members in unprecedented purge as military command faces gaps
Only two of seven Central Military Commission members remain; 7.9 million punished since anti-corruption drive began
The Chinese Communist Party has expelled 33 senior party members in a purge described as unprecedented in nearly half a century, leaving only President Xi Jinping and one other member on the supreme military command as Xi pursues a campaign to enforce party discipline “in all-round ways”.