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On the path of China’s modernisation
Recently, ROBERT GRIFFITHS led an international delegation to China at the invitation of the Communist Party of China. Here is the first of four reports
Jinyuan Community director Yuan Qin with Judith Cazorla and Robert Griffiths

FROM June 24 until July 4, the international department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) hosted a delegation representing 11 communist parties and a friendship society from Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the US, Canada and Australia.

I had the honour of leading the delegation at the invitation of the CPC as we visited the provinces of Guangdong and Guizhou as well as the capital city, Beijing.

Our hosts’ intention was to explain China’s path of “socialist modernisation” and demonstrate the achievements of their country’s system of “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” 

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