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Politburo member Ma Xingrui expelled for corruption

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The charge sheet against China's Xinjiang boss reads as pure graft. On July 14, Xinhua published the official charge sheet against former Xinjiang Party secretary Ma Xingrui.

The Politburo approved his expulsion from the Party on June 30, stripped him of public office, and referred his case to pros...