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Yes this is true. Being a party member is just passing a test and paying the membership fee.

• ardy42 6y ago
  > Yes this is true. Being a party member is just passing a test and paying the membership fee. Not really. I have a friend who nearly joined in college. They had several rounds of applications: the first few went to kids with connections (or whose connections put them in a good position, e.g. appointed to be some kind of student government thing). Once those groups were exhausted, other kids got a chance. My friend was a very good student, but got a no-so-subtle message from the school official running the process that they wouldn't be considered without a bribe.
  • jagsbdjdksj 6y ago
    Citation needed?
    • ardy42 6y ago
      Like I said, it's a personal experience from a friend I trust. But if you need a cite, try this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25411282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25411282.
    • orestarod 6y ago
      Are you really asking a citation for a personal experience?
  • wonnage 6y ago
    Depending on when your friend was in college, it feels like things may have changed in the last 5 years. Anecdotally I've heard college recruitment efforts are more intense nowadays. Possibly because the younger generations are less interested in joining now, at the same time the leadership has a strong nationalistic bent.
  • bawolff 6y ago
    Lol. Gotta make sure the proletariat doesn't get into the communist party.
  • nmfisher 6y ago
    > My friend was a very good student, but got a no-so-subtle message from the school official running the process that they wouldn't be considered without a bribe. Based on my experience in China, this sounds 100% correct.