Xinjiang Party Chief, Another Xi Jinping Loyalist, Steps Down

Analysts say the removal of Xinjiang’s Party chief signals Xi Jinping’s diminishing ability to shield his allies.

A facility believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, in northwestern China's Xinjiang region on June 4, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

News Analysis

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have announced a leadership reshuffle in the far western Xinjiang region, replacing Ma Xingrui—a confidant of Xi Jinping—with a political figure aligned with former anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan.