Communist+Rule+in+China+CFAD

Before WWI ended the nationalists and communist struggled for control of China. The nationalist were backed by the United States. The communists were led by a man named Mao Zedong. By 1949 the communists swept into Bejing. Zedong announced the birth of the People's Republic of China. The communist won support support of the poor, educated, and middle-class. The communist were in control of everything. Mao died in 1976, which brought Deng Xianoping in power. Xiaoping allowed students to go abroad and study. Those same students came back to China and opposed the communist government. They called for a democracy, and formed groups to bring democracy in power. Those who wanted Democracy were killed, abused, and jailed. During the years of the Cold War, China started to make relations with countries in the west. Those countries, and the United Nations scolded China to change it's government. Meins, Barnaby. "The History of Communism in China - by Barnaby Meins - Helium." // Helium - Where Knowledge Rules //. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. .