2019 was a very special year for China and, in particular, the Communist Party of China (CPC). It marked the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 1 October 1949 (I have commented on the celebrations here). 2021, however, is considered even more important because, on July 1^st, it will be 100 years ago when the CPC was officially founded. The discourse surrounding this historical moment will be predictable: nothing but glory to the Party and not a word about any wrongdoing. Foreign commentators will jump in and point to the excesses of the Party’s rule such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Their (mainly) Chinese counterparts will, in turn, be annoyed by the West’s one-sidedness and ignorance of the Party’s achievements. Et voilà, we’re back at where we started.