From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party

Early CCP history doesn’t tell you much about modern day CCP, but it does make the story it tells itself legible
The CCP was organized in a way where to things are rewarded:
- Loyalty
- Performance
The CCPs has experimented with figuring out the peoples’ opinions in local elections and being tolerant of localized, siloed protests, but anything larger gets snuffed out