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“commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party

It should actually be CPC (communist party of China), but the acronym in English has become CCP.

being "commonly used" is not the same thing as being the "correct uncharged verbiage."

For an example, there are many similarly charged terms "commonly used" to identify geographic areas surrounding Israel, but in modern discourse we use "Occupied Palestinian Territory" since 1999.

Yeah, "correct uncharged verbiage" is not the same as "the name that someone wants themselves called". So, I'm not going to call North Korea "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" because despite their preference for being called Democratic, they are not.

North Korea remains North Korea. CCP remains CCP. Blackwater remains Blackwater, not Akademi or Xe or whatever bloody thing they're called now. I'm not going to just go along with whatever rebranding their PR agency told them to do.

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