China Communists to Control Size of Party Amid Corruption Fight
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China’s ruling Communist Party will control the size of the organization as it seeks to weed out “unqualified members,” the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a meeting overseen by party leader Xi Jinping.
Some party members are “corrupt and degenerate,” members of the ruling Politburo said, affecting the party’s “vigor and vitality,” according to the Xinhua report. The party had 82 million members as of last year.