CHINA-INTERNAL: PARTY DISCIPLINE TIGHTENED ON ONLINE BEHAVIOUR

Newly revised regulations on Party disciplinary action that will take effect in October, stipulate that members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be expelled from the Party if they openly adhere to bourgeois liberalization online. The CPC Central Committee circular not only sets a bottom line for Party members' political disciplinary actions, but also imposes stricter requirements on their online behavior. Those who support the position of bourgeois liberalization and oppose the Party's decisions on reforms and opening-up through online platforms will be expelled from the Party. Meanwhile, those who speak out against the Party's major principles online will be warned. And those who distort the Party's policies and damage the unity will be expelled from the Party. The regulations reportedly won support from many Party members. A Beijing-based Party member surnamed Li told the Global Times "The rules are needed. Along with the rapid development of the internet, the Party's management of its members' views should also extend to the new platform."  Another Party member identified only as Su noted that "then-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping firmly opposed bourgeois liberalization". During the first half of 2018, 302,000 cases were filed by China's discipline inspection and supervision organs and 240,000 people were punished, including 28 provincial-level officials. When Party members are expelled, they are not allowed to return to the Party for five years.





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