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This is the fourth in the South China Morning Post’s series of explainers about China’s Communist Party, in the lead-up to the party’s 100th anniversary in July. In this piece, Josephine Ma explains how China’s Communist Party is deeply entwined with all aspects of the government. “Government, the military, society and schools, north, south, east and west – the party leads them all.” This was a line written into the Communist Party of China’s charter in 2017, reflecting President Xi Jinping’s philosophy that the party should lead in all spheres: not just in politics, but also in the economy and...
