China’s Communist Party Members Exceed 80 Million
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party, the world’s largest political party, said Friday that it has grown even bigger, with the number of members passing 80 million people last year.
Party membership in 2010 swelled to 80.27 million, an increase of more than 2 million from 2009, the party’s deputy minister Wang Qinfeng said at a news conference.
The number of members is almost equal to Germany’s population.
More than just an ideology, membership in the elite Communist Party also means getting ahead and gaining access to China’s ruling class, often bringing perks such as health care and retirement benefits, as well as more attractive career opportunities.
Wang said 21 million people applied to join in 2010 but only about 14 percent were accepted.
Applicants for party membership need recommendations from current members and his or her company or work unit leader showing a strong degree of party loyalty, plus “good behavior.”
They also have to submit essays expressing support for the party.
With its 90th anniversary coming July 1, state media outlets have recently run articles saying the Communist Party is the reason for China’s rapid rise in the world.
Wang said about 24 million party members are farmers, more than 38 percent are women and nearly a quarter are younger than 35.
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motorman
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 9:13amProving once again that the threat grows. Communism is a terribly flawed ideology and all of history has demonstrated this fact over and over. Classic example of the haves and the have-nots. Do not forget Tiananmen Square or try to convince me that the Chicoms in power rule benevolently over the people…run brutally over the people is probably closer to the truth.
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:02pmDid they count the democrat party in the US???
Report Post »bruce_baker
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:39pmEighty million in the party out of a population of over a billion. Now that’s what Obama, Pelosi and Reed would call a Popular Mandate!
This is exactly what the Marxist\Socialist\Progressives want for the U.S.: a cabal of elites calling the shots for the rest of us “sheeple”!
No. Freedom, instead!
Report Post »ssingh1515
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:23pmEighty million: roughly equal to the number of lives Mao Tse Tung decimated in his utopian ‘The Great Leap Forward’. The Communists seem to have forgotten how many hundreds of millions of humans have been murdered due to a regime’s ideology.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:12pmIt’s funny that people here complain about China and proceed to Walmart to purchase all the goods they produce as well as support American companies who relocate there. Go figure
Report Post »Centralsville
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:07pmIt is really good to belong to the political party that runs everything and forbids any opposition. In every communist society it means you are more equal than the common folks.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:41pmPlain and simple: 80 million “ahsohs”
Report Post »alamarque29
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:28pmthe GODLESS GOV.communist news media says they have over 80 million in their GODLESS communist party. if you are not a GODLESS corrupt lawless communist they will kill you. by the way,isn‘t it the same for muslims that don’t believe in islam.say, it’s the same in the GODLESS corrupt lawless democrats saul alinsky bill ayers code pink pelosi dodd frank waters schumer clyburn durbin bill jefferson going to jail)georg sorosboobama democratic regime.the only country that was created by the GOD of IAM and HIS SON JESUS CHRISTbesides ISRAEL is the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
Report Post »inexiletill2012
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:22amRed Storm Rising
Report Post »Bennie Franklin
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:29amThey need more little maos to take care of the coming collapse of their system. That is the logical explanation of the increase
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:14ameithy million is a lot! How many are in ours?
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:01amAnd their newest members include: Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, Code Pink, the NY Times, MSNBC…….and the list goes on and on.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:55amI wonder how many memberships they gained in the White House in the last couple of years?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:23amMorning Gonzo,
Report Post »I’ve a theory on that, it’s like the “club med theory”, all inclusive.
There is a nice story at tevourLoudon.com of search newzeal ( no space between new and zeal ) that just might bring a smile to your face. : )
Pidgeon over a 5:30, I thought he’d fallen of a bridge, still sober just crazy, the third year bleeding deacons and “if I we’re…….” , been there done that. Looking forwards to seeing and listening to him.
powhatan
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:37amnot necessarily by choice here…they are forced…
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:21amWhat a surprise.
Report Post »PelositheGreat
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:09amInterestimng statistic, if it is true. It’s not like the military will ever take over the country…
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:13amTheir army already exceeds the biblical number referenced in the Bible…what did you expect?
Report Post »redyanqui
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:05amSo, what does this mean for the Bible?
Report Post »STAR SPANGLED SPAMMER
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 5:04amSorry…Being a Communist does not sound like much of a “party” to me.
(“trust nobody”)
Report Post »Smug
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:38amI guess that’s one way to get people to join the communist party, give them lots of perks. Like waivers on forced Health Care, Paid tuition and full citizenship if your an Illegal, Housing and food stamps. That would make a person want to join the communist party. No?…………MSSMUG
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:44amYou got it.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 5:14amHere they give them a free bus ride to vote, a box lunch, pack of Newport and a promise (IOU) of free stuff
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:49amThat’s b/c there‘s only one party that’s allowed in China and people are forced to join.
Report Post »redyanqui
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:01amdid you even read the article?
it said, and i will quote:
“Wang said 21 million people applied to join in 2010 but only about 14 percent were accepted.
Applicants for party membership need recommendations from current members and his or her company or work unit leader showing a strong degree of party loyalty, plus “good behavior.”
They also have to submit essays expressing support for the party.”
The CCP is something you have to work for to join, not join by marking it on some form like in the US.
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silentwatcher
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:42amWhen will it be TIME for a SHOW. I’m confused about what to do.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:02amyes
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:35amThose who oppose the party get a bullet to the back of the head.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:48am“More than just an ideology, membership in the elite Communist Party also means getting ahead and gaining access to China’s ruling class, often bringing perks such as health care and retirement benefits, as well as more attractive career opportunities.”
Gee .. kind of sounds like outr current regine … 2012 the end of an error
TEA!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:53am@CatB:
Agreement there; the end of Obama care cannot come soon enough in my book, along with the UN backed and Soros backed socialist progressive moves Obama and his cronies are constantly making to destroy and transform the country.
I just pray to the Almighty that we have enough time and people to make it happen; for I still figure the progressives of all sides will make a scorched earth final stand when they realise there is nothing left to lose or gain.
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:58amNaw—They just get re-educated—a process that may require a cranial lead implant only on occasion.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:17amWhile talking about communists, isn’t it great that we live in the greatest nation. Something that really makes this nation great is our constitution. The left is always attacking the constitution. First there was the CNN host that wanted to change it:http://tiny.cc/kemm9 . Now TIME magazine wants to shred it as on their cover: http://tiny.cc/0×10h.
There have been dozen’s of articles about getting rid of the Constitution over the past week.
WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND FIGHT THE LEFT ON THIS POINT.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:29amWow, so in order to be allowed to join the cp you have to apply and pay homage to the party. Then, once you are in, you get great perks like better job opportunities and connections. Sounds like they are clearly taking that whole communist idea of perfect equality of stuff to new levels. Hypocrite commies. China will soon fall from a collapsing currency (probably because they print money all the time to pay for cities that no one lives in. , but you’d never know it because 90% of them still live like they did before 1930. For the average Chinese person it will be business as normal minus the excess government.
Report Post »joe3
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:49ama well timed swarm of mini drones with great little injectors and a 80 million name list will do.
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:13amFantastic! The more of those idiots who subscribe to Communism, the faster China will go the way of The USSR. I’m not dismissing the value of Socialist/Communist arguments, but I doubt that China has the experience or sophistication to succesfully integrate them with their current capitalist explosion. China will implode, and The U.S. will need to Marshall-Plan them.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:42amStop Agenda 21 a.s.a.p.
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/res_agenda21_02.shtml
We are already much too close to the abyss of world communism without this monstrosity.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:39pm80 million… out of 1.3 billion? what is that, a whopping 6% of the populous?
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