The CCP Strategy for Crafting Its Own Narratives

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approaches the centenary of its establishment, it has emerged as the most successful, albeit ideologically incoherent, experiment of the Marxist paradigm. Its internal contradictions and aspirations of global leadership mean that this communist behemoth constantly seeks domestic legitimacy as well as external endorsement of its Orwellian moorings. These two determinants of the CCP’s existence are linked through a state-sponsored project: Any outside recognition is deftly used to perpetuate the image of China’s rising international stature under the CCP for the domestic audience.