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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by modo_mario on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:03AM (#37173025)
>until the Party is eliminated

The party has 98 million members

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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by tibbydudeza on Friday August 18, 2023 @06:01AM (#37173498)
The Soviet Communist Party also had millions of members, but we all know how that ended - hardly with a bang and a whimper.

Folks join not for ideology but for the social standing and future career prospects - you not going to be a senior bureaucrat or military officer if you ain't a member.

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