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A TRIP AND A TALK

‘How did the Communist Party of China (CPC) evolve into its contemporary state?” It’s fascinating to think that at the time of its first national congress more than 100 years ago, the Party had some 50 members. Today, it has over 98 million who maintain the same idealism attendees of that first-ever gathering had.

With this question in mind, 17 young people from 12 countries, including China, Russia, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, on July 4 and 5 visited Shanghai—where the First CPC National Congress took place in 1921—to familiarize themselves with both the traditional and contemporary factors of the city, which in itself bears testimony to the long way China has come. On the evening

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