Global political parties to convene in Beijing

23:21, November 30, 2017

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  World learns of the CPC’s successes

  Illustration: Liu Rui/GTThe Communist Party of China (CPC) in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting is being held in Beijing this Thursday to Sunday. The meeting is a truly global affair, with more than 200 parties and political organizations from over 120 countries having registered for the event. Political figures, experts and scholars from countries at different developmental stages

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  Xi offers model for governance

  Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 1, 2017. Photo: Xinhua/Liu WeibingXi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, proposed Friday to develop a new model

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  China’s ‘development dividend’ can help Africa

  Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GTMost African countries have a multiparty system as a result of the third wave of democratization after the Cold War.Take Nigeria, for example. It has 53 registered political parties but in reality, three major parties dominate the political landscape: the People's Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the Alliance for Democracy.In recent years, some Western countries