A strikingly high number of top officials, particularly senior military leaders, were absent, fuelling speculation of an ongoing purge inside China's armed forces, as reported by The Epoch Times.
Chairman Xi Jinping's sweeping purges have drastically reduced attendance at China's Fourth Plenum, with record expulsions from the Communist Party and military ranks. The session emphasized loyalty to Xi, adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan, and reinforced China's goal of achieving moderniza
According to The Epoch Times, while the state-run Xinhua News Agency boasted of "remarkable progress" under the ongoing 14th Five-Year Plan, analysts and economists stated that these assertions bear little resemblance to reality. Xu Zhen, a veteran financial expert, described the past five y
Confirmation came from the Chinese authorities on October 17 that nine prominent members of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had been expelled from the all-powerful party that controls every aspect of life in modern China. The announcement came just days before the Central Committee's Four