Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui attends the Xinjiang delegation meeting during the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 7, 2024. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
China’s top disciplinary watchdog—the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI)—announced in early April that Ma Xingrui, a member of the Politburo and former Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, was placed under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.
Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.
