The Heat: Communist Party of China to mark 100 years

The Heat

Anand Naidoo

Anand Naidoo

Published June 25, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Updated June 25, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Next week, 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. Red banners and billboards now line the streets of Beijing and Shanghai in anticipation of the July first celebrations. China has made numerous achievements, from eradicating extreme poverty for nearly 100 million people living in rural areas, to its Belt and Road initiative building ports, railways and 5G networks around the world. The country has also made significant contributions in space exploration, artificial intelligence and in the global fight against climate change.

Joining the discussion:

  • Neysun Mahboubi is a research scholar of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Sourabh Gupta is a resident senior fellow with the Institute for China-America Studies.
  • John Gong is a professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics 
  • Wang Guan is a news anchor and the host of CGTN’s Dialogue.

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