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On July 1, 2021, the Communist Party of China will mark 100 years since it was founded in Shanghai. The party, which has ruled China since 1949, now has more than 90 million members, making it one of the biggest in the world.
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The political turmoil that ended the world’s first communist state spurred Beijing to maintain tight political control while it allowed economic liberalisation.
Cloud-seeding operation was launched over suburban Beijing and surrounds hours before the tightly choreographed event. Artificial rain reduced PM2.5 pollutants by more than two-thirds and improved air quality, Tsinghua University researchers say.
Chief Executive Jamie Dimon had remarked in an interview that his Wall Street bank would last longer than the CCP.
Top officials start four-day conclave to adopt a ‘historical resolution’, only the third in the party’s 100-year history and expected to have momentous impact.
Third ‘historical resolution’ is likely to be less significant than the others and more about reaffirming Xi Jinping’s authority and policies.
The pivotal document is likely to look back at key events in party history, enshrine Xi’s role as leader, and set a course for the next few decades.
Comments by Li Zhanshu, head of the country’s top legislative body, are seen as a sign of Beijing’s growing confidence in its political model.
Communist Party elite expected to adopt a resolution on ‘major achievements and historical experience’ over the past 100 years that observers say could chart the direction for the next few decades.
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In speech marking 110th anniversary of the revolution that established the first Chinese republic, Xi urges Taiwan to ‘stand on the right side of history’.
State media has republished toned down versions of Li Guangman’s belligerent posts about China’s tech companies, big business and entertainment stars.
Battle at Lake Changjin, featuring Wolf Warrior star Wu Jing and teen idol Jackson Yee, is tipped to dominate the box office during the week-long holiday.
People’s Daily says other nations are looking to the country to learn from its success, calling its rise ‘unstoppable’ and the decline of the West ‘irreversible’.
A series of articles in the Central Party School’s main newspaper show a consistent focus on party control in the economy and ideology.
Chinese president visits a clean-coal enterprise, an ecological park and a memorial to Communist Party pioneers in a province that remains close to his heart.
Hundreds of members of the Central Committee will meet in Beijing but an exact date has yet to be announced.
Ad hoc policymaking by senior leaders at their annual Beidaihe retreat is being replaced by a more formalised style of governance.
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng met Supreme People’s Court president Zhou Qiang as part of her four-day visit to Beijing.
In this issue of Global Impact, we recap the key points of Xi Jinping's speech as China’s Communist Party celebrated its centenary on July 1 and what it means for the country and the world going forward.
Busy cadres can go online to buy ready-made studies of the leader’s speeches to submit to their superiors for less than US$5.
By engaging in continuous reform and opening up, China has achieved a significant, if not the biggest, economic miracle in four decades. With the steadfast backing of the central government, Hong Kong will continue to thrive.