Mr. Romano
Hon. World History Pds. 3-4
11/13/15
Controlling China with a Communist Government
Today, China is one of the largest and most populated countries and makes up one-sixth of the world’s population. You would think such a big country, with that many people, would be in constant turmoil and confusion, but China has proved to be the exact opposite. One of the main reasons for China’s peacefulness today is its communist government, but China wasn’t always as peaceful as it is today. Earlier philosophies paved the way to communist China. China officially became a communist country in 1947 under Mao Zedong. Despite the fact that China is one of the largest countries in the world in terms of geography and population, its communist