Commentary “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is about to turn 100 but Xi will be the real star,” headlined a June 30 CNN report. Large parts of the celebration, wrote author Ben Westcott, “will focus on Xi, arguably the country’s most powerful leader since Mao, and his vision for the country.” In addition, “the party’s influence inside global organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization, is growing and many Western nations are heavily reliant on China for their economic growth.” The glowing CNN report prompted conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza to wonder, “Can this be distinguished in any way from the kind of propaganda the CCP itself might put out?” That’s a tough call, but this was not the first time foreign apologists have outdone the Communist regime on the propaganda front. Back in 1972, when Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution was still going on, American …