Commentary In a recent op-ed for the South China Morning Post, the researcher, S. George Marano, writes, “Predictions of the Communist Party’s impending doom have come to nothing as its form of political governance has not only endured but thrived. The party has created a system that has rewritten China’s economic and social record in a short period of time.” Now, according to Marano, other countries around the world are eager to emulate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) “mode of political governance.” Today, with an increasing number of countries adopting this tyrannical style of “political governance,” the Free World is starting to feel a little less free. Within the next decade, according to Bloomberg Economics, China looks likely to become the world’s leading economy. The recipe for Beijing’s success is simple: lots of investments, both at home and abroad, lots of lies, and a staunch commitment to ruling with an iron fist. As the …