BEIJING—The Chinese Communist Party has issued a revised set of regulations governing members’ behavior, threatening punishment for spreading political rumors and recommending that those who hold religious beliefs “should be encouraged” to leave the Party.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s crackdown against deep-rooted corruption, begun six years ago when he took office, has shaken up the Party. Xi has warned, like other leaders before him, that the Party’s very survival is at stake.
