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| - Features Editors: Hong Kong: Sean Gleeson +852 2829 6249 Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 We are offering the following items: + With propaganda push, China's Communist Party celebrates 100 years + The demise of Huaxi: China's 'model' village where cash and communism collide + Catholic Church gains foothold in communist Cuba China-politics-party-anniversary,ADVANCER CHANGSHA, China Hair windswept, handsome and 32-metres high, a statue of Mao Zedong presides over a crowd of millennials alternating between selfies and bubble teas -- drawing a thread through the past, present and future of China's Communist Party (CCP) in its Red heartland. 900 words by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video China-politics-party-anniversary-economy,FOCUS HUAXI, China It was a gilt-edged gift to Communist propaganda: a village led by a Party visionary who transformed farmers into millionaires -- but Huaxi's success story has soured, sunk by a pernicious brew of nepotism and political patronage which experts say may hold wider lessons for the pitfalls of "capitalism with Chinese characteristics". 900 words by Sebastien Ricci. Photo. Video Cuba-religion-church-poverty-Catholic,SPECIALREPORT PLACETAS, Cuba In Cuba, where communism and religion live uneasily side by side, there is a city -- Placetas -- where it is no longer strange to see a priest walk down the street in a white cassock followed by enthusiastic greetings of "Good day, Father!" 1,000 words by Katell Abiven. Pictures and video by Adalberto Roque afp
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