How Should the U.S. View the Communist Party of China?
The astonishing transformation of China—its economic prowess, its rapid urbanization without slum cities, its scientific and technological prowess, the education of its vast population, its modern infrastructure which is the envy of much of the world, and its continually evolving pattern of governance that has enabled all these developments—has of course all occurred under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The unprecedented accomplishments that China incessantly rolled out all required the vision, skill, staying power, and constant transformation of the CPC itself. They demanded the continual summing up of its experiences, and what polls suggest is popular support for the CPC’s leadership—little of this can be viewed objectively or approached with an open mind
