Beijing Holds Special Meeting to Expel 3 Senior Defense Industry Officials Amid Ongoing Military Purge

A security guard stands at his post during the opening session of China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Standing Committee of its rubber-stamp legislature has held a special session to expel three senior military-industrial officials amid the ongoing military purge.Analysts told The Epoch Times that although the removal of the three technocrats exposes the Chinese regime’s systemic corruption, they were not the primary target of the special meeting, as infighting among the top echelons of the CCP persists.