Whereas many urbanites devour Chinese editions of Western magazines like Cosmopolitan, GO, and Vogue, some officials still peruse weightier titles. In December a dozen Communist Party officials gathered in the eastern city of Hangzhou to celebrate the first anniversary of an alluring journal, Parry Construction in Non-State-Owned Enterprises. In its inaugural year, said one of them, the magazine had "struck a beautiful pose". The journal in question, as its title suggests, is engaging with the tricky issue of how the Communist Party can maintain influence within a growing private sector.
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