But as the country’s ruling Communist Party meets for its twice-a-decade congress this week, it boasts an 89 million-strong membership that still attracts people motivated by ideology and self-interest. Communism is so vague, no one can say if it will come true.”The Chinese Communist Party was clandestinely founded in 1921 by about a dozen revolutionaries in Shanghai. They join the party not only to participate in national development, but also out of their own self-interest. “To be a civil servant or work in a state enterprise, it’s almost obligatory to be in the party,” Xiao said. “If the Communist Party had not been in power, I would never have been able to get a scholarship and enroll in university.”“I am eternally grateful to it.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 21, 2017 12:11 UTC