Commentary China concluded its four-day 6th plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on Nov. 11. The plenum issued a communique, which praised the Party’s “major achievements and historical experience” over its 100-year history. Upon close inspection, the communique is just a propaganda campaign. The plenary session is the last meeting before the party congress in 2022, China’s most anticipated political event. The 20th party congress will mark the beginning of the second centenary of the establishment of the CCP, which will involve a reshuffling of senior officials, with Xi Jinping seeking a third and perhaps life-long term. Party congresses are held once every five years. Plenums, or plenary sessions, are held in the intervening years. The communique boasts “new major achievements” of the CCP in the past year, and claims that socialism (with Chinese characteristics) is the only system that can save China. However, the communique is …