Published: July 2nd, 2021,
Last updated: August 15th, 2022
A day for celebration? Today, on July 1, the Communist Party of China celebrates its centennial. It has thus lasted longer than any comparable organization; the Communist Party of the Soviet Union survived only 79 years. The Chinese Communist Party has thus proven that socialist systems can also be long-lived and not just cause hardship but also, in the best of cases, are capable of bringing prosperity and cosmopolitanism to the world.