26 missing from Xi's party meeting - raising questions about purges.
The purges of senior military and party officials within the Chinese Communist Party may be more extensive than previously known, writes the BBC.
Official figures from this week's political meeting in Beijing indicate that more people have disappeared or been removed than have been reported so far.
Only 168 of 205 central committee members attended. In ten cases, it is known that people have been purged - and one person has died. But what has happened to the other 26?.
The BBC notes that you need to have "a pretty good excuse not to show up", such as being seriously ill.
According to the official line, the purges in the party are about fighting corruption, but another possibility is that it is a way for Xi Jinping to purge political rivals and other undesirable people.
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