Xi's Purges Leave Quarter of CPC Central Committee Absent Ahead of 2027 Congress

Ahead of the 2027 party congress expected to confirm Xi Jinping's fourth term, a quarter of the CPC Central Committee members are absent due to the ongoing anti-corruption campaign. This signals intensified internal purges and potential elite instability, though the full extent of the absences and their political implications remain unclear.

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