Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday warned on the 90th birthday of the ruling Communist Party that it still faced “growing pains” and that rampant corruption could lead to a loss in public confidence. Hu made the comments in a keynote address at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People — the heart of political power in Beijing — to party leaders and members gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the CCP’s founding in 1921. The event capped months of build-up tinged with revolutionary fervour of the past — a nationwide propaganda blitz of laudatory media articles, red-song choruses, museum exhibitions and television shows….
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China’s Communist Party faces ‘growing pains’: Hu