Actors perform to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party
Actors perform to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party
Actors perform to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on June 28. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

List of 100 Years of the Chinese Communist Party articles

100 Years of the Chinese Communist Party

The CCP is consolidating power—at home and abroad. What does the future hold?

Participants rehearse in Tiananmen Square before a parade marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China.
Participants rehearse in Tiananmen Square before a parade marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China.

The Chinese Communist Party Has Always Been Nationalist

China’s quest for rejuvenation dates back more than a century.

Excerpt
Rush Doshi
Chinese President Xi Jinping onscreen at Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary event
Chinese President Xi Jinping onscreen at Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary event

The Party’s Party Is All About Xi

As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary, nothing else counts but “Xi Jinping Thought.”

Dispatch
Melinda Liu
A portrait of Sun Yat-sen at Tiananmen Square
A portrait of Sun Yat-sen at Tiananmen Square

The Chinese Communist Party Has Followed Sun Yat-sen’s Road Map

The nationalist leader laid out a prescient path—but his hopes of democracy are far off.

Argument
Peter Zarrow
Catholic worshippers attend a morning Mass on Easter Sunday at a Catholic church in a village near Beijing.
Catholic worshippers attend a morning Mass on Easter Sunday at a Catholic church in a village near Beijing.

The Chinese Communist Party Is Scared of Christianity

Religion remains one of the greatest sources of resistance to authoritarian rule.

Argument
Azeem Ibrahim
A man walks past an exhibit of Cultural Revolution pictures along Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing on June 12, 2021.
A man walks past an exhibit of Cultural Revolution pictures along Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing on June 12, 2021.

The Time Chinese Diplomats Were Sent to the Camps

In 1968, officials faced purges and exile.

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Peter Martin