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Swipe the tigers on the eve of July 1 七一打虎(qi yi da hu)

The 93rd anniversary of the Communist Party of China was on July 1, or qi yi in short in Chinese. On eve of its 93rd birthday, the CPC expelled some high-ranking officials on charges of corruption, reaffirming its resolve to maintain discipline and crack down on the "tigers", or hu, a metaphoric reference to corrupt senior officials. The CPC move is also part of the nationwide campaign on corruption.

The "biggest tiger" ensnared this time is Xu Caihou. The 71-year-old former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission was expelled from the Party on Monday after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, presided over by Party chief Xi Jinping, announced the results of an internal investigation against the retired military leader. Xu's case has been handed over to military prosecutors for further investigation.