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The Communist Party of China (CPC) ("The Communist Party of China (CPC)") [ID 18865]

Document(s): The Communist Party of China (CPC)

11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

The CCP used a form of discipline known as shuang gui for violations of party discipline, but there were reports of its use against nonparty members ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 22829]

"The CCP used a form of discipline known as shuang gui for violations of party discipline, but there were reports of its use against nonparty members. Shuang gui is similar to house arrest and can be authorized without judicial involvement or oversight. Shuang gui requires the CCP party member under investigation to submit to questioning at a designated place and time. According to regulations of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) governing shuang gui, corporal punishment is banned, the member's dignity must be respected, and he or she is regarded as a comrade unless violations are proved. Absent any legal oversight, it is unclear how these regulations were enforced in practice. In September 2006 Zeng Jinchun, secretary of the discipline inspection committee in Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, was removed for abusing his shuang gui authority by accepting bribes."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 18954]

"The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which, as specified in its constitution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount source of power. Party members hold almost all top government, police, and military positions. Ultimate authority rests with the 24-member political bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its nine-member standing committee. General Secretary Hu Jintao holds the three most powerful positions as CCP general secretary, president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission. The party's authority rested primarily on the government's ability to maintain social stability; appeals to nationalism and patriotism; party control of personnel, media, and the security apparatus; and continued improvement in the living standards of most of the country's 1.3 billion citizens. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces."

Document(s): Open document

22.12.2006 - Source: UK Home Office

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ("Country of Origin Information Report; China") [ID 18691]

"6.05 According to official sources the CCP has 70.8 million members and the Communist Youth League has 68.5 million members. Overall the CCP is better educated than at any time in its history. Article 9 of the Party’s Constitutions states, “Party members are free to withdraw from the Party. When a Party member asks to withdraw, the Party branch concerned shall, after discussion by its general membership meeting, remove his name from the Party rolls, make the removal public and report it to the next higher Party organization for the record.”"

Document(s): Open document

17.03.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

The Communist Party of China (CCP) ("10th European Country of Origin Information Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on China") [#46787],  [ID 18697]

"The political system of the PRC is based on the leading role of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Other tolerated smaller political organizations do not oppose the leading party. So there is no legal opposition in the state. As a consequence, the party rejects every attempt to build up democratic structures or to found new parties, craft unions or farmer’s associations in opposition to the CCP and persecutes their members. Furthermore, the authorities try to destroy opposition movements by force, by infiltration and by controlling information channels. A meaningful danger to the PRC and the leading CCP is the existence of the internet, which can hardly be controlled by an army of censors. If the works of cyber-dissidents are uncovered, most of their authors are given imprisonment sentences. But the communication via phone, pager or internet can’t be interrupted easily, which is proved by many events reported to foreign countries and inside China. Most of the results of grassroots elections on the countryside are settled by the local CCPcadres, but meanwhile they became the reasons of violent unrests. Inside the CCP there is just a little space for dissent as well, as long as the members are not regarded as an organized faction. In the PRC it is a privilege to be a member of the Communist Party (CCP). First, one is a candidate of the Party, and then one can become a member. Members have access to socalled “guanxi”-networks, a network of people who help each other. Members are fostered through the Party; they have the chance to get a better job and money and so on. Most of the nearly 70 million members of the Party do not want to quit the party as long as the Party exists because they have privileges. But the Party itself has a constitution that stipulates that you have the right to quit. In theory, this should not be harmful to you. So it is comparable to democratic parties in our countries. But if you quit the CCP in China you will at least be watched closely by the secret service. If you engage in propaganda in public for quitting the Party, it is very likely that you will be persecuted (that you will be detained in Reeducation Through Labor Centres, for instance). This is still a great risk."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46077],  [ID 18693]

"The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which, as specified in its constitution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount source of power. Party members hold almost all top government, police and military positions. Ultimate authority rests with the 24-member political bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its 9-member standing committee. General Secretary Hu Jintao holds the three most powerful positions as CCP general secretary, president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). The party's authority rested primarily on the government's ability to maintain social stability; appeals to nationalism and patriotism; party control of personnel, media, and the security apparatus; and continued improvement in the living standards of most of the country's 1.3 billion citizens. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces."

Document(s): Open document