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Politburo member Ma Xingrui under investigation

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It’s official – Politburo Ma Xingrui is in trouble. On April 3, state media announced that Ma is “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and currently under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.”

In other words, Ma is toast.

This did not come out of the blue:

Ma was un...