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No Business Meetings On The Green For China's Communist Party

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According to an annual survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, nearly 22 percent of American workers do not believe they will have enough to retire comfortably.(Vincent Wong/Flickr)
According to an annual survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, nearly 22 percent of American workers do not believe they will have enough to retire comfortably.(Vincent Wong/Flickr)
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The Chinese Communist Party announced this week that it is officially banning golf club memberships for members of the party. Owning a golf membership was added to a list of vices which included excessive eating and drinking.

It's part of an effort to improve the party's image by rooting out corruption and extravagance.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with NPR's Anthony Kuhn from Beijing about the party's new restrictions.

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This segment aired on October 23, 2015.

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