New Delhi, July 15 -- BEIJING - He had governed China's most securitised region and helped build its new-generation rockets, but Ma Xingrui left the Communist Party this week carrying a disciplinary verdict that accused him of losing his ideals, betraying the party's principles, and enabling corruption to run rampant through his family. At 67, he became the third Politburo member expelled under Xi Jinping's current leadership term, a frequency that Chinese political observers say has not been seen in the modern era of party rule.

China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection formally published its findings against Ma on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported, confirming what had been anticipated since his investigation was ...