Xi Xiaoming (; born June 1954) is a disgraced Chinese judge, who served as Vice President of the

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, the top court and a fourth-ranked judge in China, between June 2004 and July 2015. In July 2015, he was abruptly removed from office by the Communist Party's top disciplinary body, suspected of corruption.

Life and career

Xi Xiaoming was born in

Changzhou Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...

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, in June 1954. He graduated from Jilin University in January 1982, majoring in law. He received his

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from Peking University in 1993. From September 1991 to September 1992 he studied at the

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as a part-time student. He joined the workforce in January 1972 and joined the

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in September 1975. During the

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, he worked as a policeman in Heping District of Shenyang, from January 1972 to March 1978. After graduation, he was assigned to the

and over a period of 22 years worked his way up to the position of Vice-President. On July 12, 2015, he was being investigated by the

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of the Chinese Communist Party for "serious violations of laws and regulations". Xi was expelled from the Communist Party on September 29, 2015. On February 16, 2017, Xi was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes worth 114 million yuan (~$16.72 million) by the Second Intermediate People's Court in Tianjin.

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