Commentary JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Simon said out loud what many business leaders know, but are afraid to say. At a late November industry conference in Boston, Dimon said “I’ll make a bet that we last longer [than the CCP.]” He continued by joking that “I can’t say that in China. They are probably listening anyway.” While Dimon later characterized that brief moment of truth as a “joke,” he likely was not joking. And to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), discussing the longevity of the party is no joke. So much so that Dimon was forced to walk back his comments and apologize to the Party the next day. “I regret and should not have made that comment,” he said. In total, Dimon apologized twice. “I regret my recent comment because it’s never right to joke about or denigrate any group of people,” he later added. Dimon had no choice …