While the CCP Turns 100, China Battles an ‘Unfavorable Image’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping votes on changes to Hong Kong's election system during the closing session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on March 11, 2021. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
July 1 marks the centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It also marks the timeline of the first agenda on Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream—building a well-off and prosperous society by 2021. While the CCP-led China has transformed from Mao to Xi in the last 100 years, China still battles to have a favorable global image.
Amrita Jash
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Dr. Amrita Jash is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal-India. She has been a Pavate Fellow at the Department of POLIS, University of Cambridge. She holds a Ph.D. in Chinese studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University and authored the book “The Concept of Active Defence in China’s Military Strategy” (Pentagon Press, 2021).
