MA XINGRUI, a former member of China’s Communist Party politburo, has been charged with taking bribes, state media reported today.Mr Ma’s name was among 33 senior officials whose expulsions from the party were confirmed at the fifth plenary session of its current central committee last week. His previous roles included running the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, key to the country’s space programme, and serving as party secretary of the huge city of Shenzhen and later the vast Xinjiang autonomous region.

MA XINGRUI, a former member of China’s Communist Party politburo, has been charged with taking bribes, state media reported today.

Mr Ma’s name was among 33 senior officials whose expulsions from the party were confirmed at the fifth plenary session of its current central committee last week. His previous roles included running the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, key to the country’s space programme, and serving as party secretary of the huge city of Shenzhen and later the vast Xinjiang autonomous region.

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