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 …
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