Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) just passed a resolution that lavished superfluous praises on its leader Xi Jinping, who is attempting to secure a third term ahead of the Party’s 20th Congress in 2022. At the end of its 6th plenary session, the CCP adopted a historical resolution on the “major achievements and historical experience” of the Party over the past century. Although the full text is not published yet, a communique summarized the main ideas of this resolution. According to the communique, the 100-year history of the CCP is divided into four phases: 1921-1949, 1949-1976, 1978-2012, and 2012-present. In the initial two phases, the paramount leader was Mao Zedong. The third phase was ruled by Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao; and two other CCP leaders were subsumed under Deng. The fourth phase is currently ruled by Xi. Thus, Mao, Deng, and Xi stand out as the three paramount …