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Communist Party magazine gets English edition

The move marks the latest step in China's attempts to communicate its values and culture to the outside world.

The Communist Party has budgeted 45 billion yuan (£4 billion) to expand its overseas media, including a United States edition of the China Daily newspaper and several English newspapers and magazines.

The decision to launch an English platform for serious Communist Party thought was reportedly made by Li Changchun, one of the nine members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo and the boss of China's Publicity ministry.

Qiushi, or Seeking Truth, was launched in 1958 as an important forum for Communist Party thought and ideology. Mao Tse-tung used the magazine in the 1960s to push the principles of the Cultural Revolution, and it was also used by Deng Xiaoping to encourage China to "open up" and reform in 1978.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)