Vulnerability marks 100 years of the CCPThe Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the centenary of its foundation tomorrow and most people in China accept the origin myth that justifies its dictatorial rule. Then why is anybody celebrating the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? It was twenty-five years of political upheaval, bloodshed, famine and chaos: tens of millions were killed needlessly, and at the end China was just as poor as ever. Communist rule gave China the second-best outcome economically, and also lumbered it with a crude dictatorship. The CCP could rule for another generation, or it could be gone in less than a decade.

Source: Bangkok Post June 29, 2021 21:33 UTC