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TUE, 27 OCT · 97 ITEMS
Reuters, South China Morning Post, Taipei Times + 9 more · Geopolitics & Markets
14 outletsThe Chinese Communist Party has convened its fifth plenary session of the 20th in Beijing, a four-day closed-door meeting focused on 'full and rigorous ,' tightening party discipline, and intensifying the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. The is notable because recent purges have hollowed out top party ranks, potentially leading to record-low attendance among the roughly 300 Central Committee members.
The claim is solid, based on multiple reputable news outlets (Reuters, AP, BBC, SCMP) reporting the opening of the plenum on October 26, 2026. The primary source is the official announcement of the meeting by Chinese state media, which the secondary reporting closely follows.
This is genuinely new as of the publication window of October 25–26, 2026, with the plenum opening on October 26.
We covered the naming of new provincial chiefs ahead of this plenum on October 26, 2026, which is part of the same leadership reshuffling and discipline campaign.