MERICS Video interviews on the CCP at 100

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 100th anniversary this July, we asked leading experts what they think are the main sources of the party's resilience that have been keeping it at the center of China's political system for a century now. This video is part 1 of our mini-series on the CCP at 100.

This video features Jude Blanchette (CSIS), Sebastian Heilmann (Trier University), Tai Ming Cheung (UC San Diego), Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University) and Isabel Hilton (King's College London).

In part 2 of our video series on the CCP at 100, we asked Jude Blanchette (CSIS), Sebastian Heilmann (Trier University) and Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University) about shifts and continuities in CCP governance under Xi Jinping.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regards the coming years as some of the most challenging in its history. In part 3 of our video series on the CCP at 100, we asked Jude Blanchette (CSIS), Isabel Hilton (King's College London) and Sebastian Heilmann (Trier University) what they think these challenges are.