China's+History+of+Communism+AS-Wm

After World War II, the Communists, led by Mao Zedong, began to fight for the control of China. In 1949, the Communists went into Beijing announced the creation of the People's Republic of China. The Communists promised many things to the people of China. The main goals of the Communist party were to achieve wealth and power. Although the new constitutions that were created stated free elections and democratic rights, the Communists began to control the country. Important jobs were occupied by Communist party members. After all this, the country faced many economic and political problems. In 1976, Mao Zedong died and later in 1978, Deng Xiaoping was named the new leader. A big thing that Xiaoping promoted were the Four Modernizations; modernizing agriculture,, expanding undustry, developing science and technology, and upgrading China's defense. In the industry back with Mao, quantity was often above quality so a lot of the products were of poor quality. Deng made sure that the factories were more efficient. This made China one of the fastest developing countries. Also, Deng allowed China to interact with the rest of the world and trade amungst them.

Overall, the communists also tried to make everybody equal by making a classless society. Everyone had the same oppurtunities as everone else including education, houses, health care, and jobs. But, those in the Communist Party had better lives. They had better apartments, cars, and access to scarce goods.