In its 100 years, who has China Communist Party purged?

Political purges are a feature of CCP’s long history. Here are the stories of the most prominent insiders who fell from grace.

The Chinese Communist Party’s 100-year history is not just one of revolution and rejuvenation, but also ruthlessness. From Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to Deng Xiaoping’s Tiananmen Square crackdown and Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crusade, leaders of the CCP have not hesitated to take whatever steps they deem necessary to secure and remain in power. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cases of purged party insiders.