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CCP Expels Former High-Flyer Sun Zhengcai

The former Chongqing Party Secretary Sun Zhengcai has been stripped of his official titles and expelled from the Communist Party, awaiting prosecution. Sun, who was a member of the ruling Politburo and once seen as a front runner in the succession race, was abruptly dismissed from his post in July and placed under investigation for violating party rules. Nectar Gan at South China Morning Post reports: Xinhua reported that he had been stripped of all official titles, meaning