China: the highest-ranking politician to be purged from the party since the days of Mao.

China's President Just Proved

How Serious He Is

by LINETTE LOPEZ

China's Communist Party has expelled former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, the highest-ranking politician to be purged from the party since the days of Mao. The news was released at midnight Chinese time.

He will now be arrested by China's top prosecutors, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, according to the BBC.

What we're seeing is beyond a takedown — it's like getting banished. It's like getting erased.

Zhou is what is known in China as a tiger — an official of the highest rank. He was also a member of the Politburo Stand Committee, the most powerful lawmaking body in China. Before now, members were considered untouchable.

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