Paramount interest

Should being a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) or not hold the key as far as working for public benefit goes?

It should not make a difference, and that is exactly what the Party charter requires of its members.

But, when a reporter was recently asked, "Are you a CPC member?" while investigating where 12 million yuan in levies, collected from pet dog owners in the city of Zhengzhou, had gone, the question was a typical bureaucrat's way of obfuscating the issue.