China expels record 33 members as Xi's party purges deepen

China's Communist Party expelled a record 33 members at its fifth plenum this week, with only 279 of 376 Central Committee members originally named in 2022 attending. Those expelled include former top military commander Zhang Youxia and ex-Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui. The empty seats, the most in modern Chinese history, highlight the scale of Xi Jinping's purges.