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China party conclave expels record number of officials

The Chinese Communist Party’s fifth plenum formally expelled a record number of senior officials and recorded the highest absence rate in the party’s modern history. A total of 279 full and alternate Central Committee members attended, down from the 376 named in 2022; the proceedings also set the 21st Party Congress for the second half of 2027 in Beijing.

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