Why Is the Chinese Communist Party So Afraid of Intellectuals? Oct. 31, 2020 | By Yiqing (Minghui.org) Intellectuals in China have suffered tremendously since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) usurped state power in 1949. They have been targeted again and again in a series of political campaigns, struggling under ideological suppression and subjected to both physical torture and mental torment. Why is the CCP so afraid of ...