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China is the world’s second largest economic power, one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the only communist party-led state in the G-20 grouping of major economies. China’s communist party dominates state and society in China and is committed to maintaining a permanent monopoly on power, and is intolerant of those who question its right to rule. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP or Party) has been in power in China for 63 years, dating back to 1949 by means of a civil war victory over the forces of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists. The Party’s 82.6 million members constitute approximately 6% of China’s population of 1.34 billion. Any Chinese citizen over the age of 18 who is willing to accept and abide by the Party’s constitution and polices, which include a requirement that Party members be atheists, can apply for Party membership. The Party is heavily male, with female members making up less than a quarter of the total. Party members are considered prestigious, although not to the degree that it was in earlier eras (Lawrence& Martin, 2013). The cou...

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