China expels senior official in anti-corruption campaign

BEIJING — A senior official has been expelled from China’s ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign. Ma Xingrui is one of three members of the current Politburo, the 24-member body made up of top party leaders, to be purged in the campaign. The other two are military generals. Analysts see the campaign as an important tool to enforce loyalty to Xi as well as root out corruption. “Xi’s ability to expel a sitting Politburo member underscores his continued dominance ahead of next year’s 21st Party Congress” said…