2025: The CCP’s ‘Year of Living Dangerously’

The CCP faces an erosion of trust, economic crises, political purges, social discontent, and external factors.
2025: The CCP’s ‘Year of Living Dangerously’
A security guard stands outside a meeting room at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 6, 2024. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
James Gorrie
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Commentary
The 1982 film “The Year of Living Dangerously” tells the story of a journalist who faced intrigue and risk during the collapse of the Sukarno regime in Indonesia. Like this regime, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) faces significant challenges to its legitimacy and the stability of Xi Jinping’s rule in 2025.
James Gorrie
James Gorrie
Author
James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.
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