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Politburo member He Weidong officially purged

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It’s official – Xi Jinping has taken down a sitting Politburo member.
On Friday, China’s Ministry of Defense announced that General He Weidong has been expelled from the Party (MoD).
This didn’t exactly come out of the blue: He has been rumored to be in trouble since early this year.
He was not the ...