China’s Communist Party expels outspoken retired professor over speeches
- Former Central Party School professor loses her pension after making comments with ‘serious political problems’
- Cai Xia also defended tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, who is facing corruption allegations after criticising the party
Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School, was punished because she had made speeches with “serious political problems”, according to a notice on the school’s website.
Her speeches were of “extraordinarily execrable nature”, and seriously violated the political discipline of the party, the notice said.
Cai told the South China Morning Post that she was safe and well in the United States but declined to elaborate.
The school’s decision came after a joint investigation by anticorruption officers within the party school and the Central Organisation Department, the party’s top organ in charge of personnel, according to the notice. The statement did not refer to the content of the speeches in question.
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Cai, 67, is a long-time critic of the party and a strong advocate of political liberalisation.