China’s Communist Party expelled senior official Sun Zhengcai over alleged corruption and abuses of power just weeks before the pivotal leadership conclave where President Xi Jinping plans to bolster his authority.
BEIJING—China’s Communist Party expelled a senior official over alleged corruption and abuses of power just weeks before a pivotal conclave where President Xi Jinping plans to bolster his authority.
State media said Friday’s expulsion of Sun Zhengcai, the former top official in the inland megacity of Chongqing, was ordered by the party’s governing Politburo—ending the career of a party stalwart once seen as a possible successor to…
