CCP Launches Broader Political Purge Ahead of 21st Party Congress, Insiders Say

Crowds wait in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for the daily flag raising ceremony at dawn, ahead of the opening session of the National Peoples Congress on March 5, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Chinese regime has launched an expansive new political purge targeting officials across the regime’s institutions, according to insiders from within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Beijing is preparing for a major leadership reshuffle ahead of the 21st National Congress of the CCP, which is scheduled for late 2027.The campaign, driven by China’s top anti-corruption bodies, has rapidly widened over the past year to include investigations into officials’ assets, political loyalties, and personal networks, the sources said. They described the effort as one of the broadest internal crackdowns in years, reaching from provincial bureaucracies down to village-level officials.