News Analysis Countering Chinese communist propaganda is an imperative for the United States and others. This is part I of a two-part series about countering Chinese communist propaganda in a concerted fashion. This part discusses the basic propaganda apparatus, purposes, and methods of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda. Part II will discuss countering CCP propaganda and recommend the development of a loose network that is responsive in real-time to CCP lies. “We should carry on constant propaganda among the people on the facts of world progress and the bright future ahead so that they will build their confidence in victory,” said former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. Introduction From the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 to the present day, as directed by Mao himself and his successors to include current leader Xi Jinping, the CCP has been waging a highly-coordinated propaganda campaign against America and …