News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took the occasion of their 100th anniversary celebrations to heavily promote leader Xi Jinping, magnifying his achievements to make him seem to surpass all previous party leaders. State-run Xinhua News Agency published a nearly 100,000-character “Chronicle of the CCP’s 100-Year History” on June 27. Xi Jinping’s time in office accounted for a third of the article’s content, and his name appeared more frequently than Mao Zedong’s. The article dedicated more than 30,000 characters to Xi’s accomplishments between 2012 and 2021. His name appeared 184 times, while Mao’s name appeared 138 times. Since the CCP took over China in 1949, there have been eight party leaders: Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. However, three of them—Hua Guofeng, Hu Yaobang, and Zhao Ziyang—are considered to have made mistakes related to the CCP’s “basic line,” …