As China’s Communist Party turns 100, economic challenges loom

On Thursday, it will be 100 years since China’s Communist Party was launched in Shanghai. In Beijing, celebrations have officially started to mark the CCP’s achievements and the nation’s rise as a global superpower. Today, the party and its millions of members is President Xi Jinping, under whom the party has combined Marxism with capitalism, authoritarianism, and even traditional Confucian ideals. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from southern China. #China #CCP100 #ChinaCommunistParty