December 2, 2021

To understand today's China, one must learn to understand the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated at a conference on understanding China on Thursday. Experts said that such a signal, sent at a time when the West's anti-China narrative, shepherded by the US, is doubling down to portray antagonism between China and the West, should serve as a reminder for the West that it is time for them to discard their prejudice and understand China, and also it should have the courage to understand how the Chinese system works. Only such an understanding will endow them with wisdom to cooperate with China, peacefully co-exist with China and create a future together with China, they said. 

As China began to play a more prominent role in global affairs, it is at a point to reverse its disadvantage in global discourse arena. Facing a more hawkish anti-China campaign in the West, China's counteroffensive against Western disinformation and smear campaign will only grow more prominent and fierce, said experts. 

When delivering a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou) in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, Xi said that "as I have pointed out, 'To understand today's China , one must learn to understand the CPC."

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