China during and after communism

China before and after Communism

  The Communist of China was formed in 1921, it was under the control of Mao Zedong in 1927. In 1947 Mao led a revolution and the communist party obtained control. Like the Soviet Union, China lead through with the same development with heavy industry and surpluses extracted from peasants. Consumer goods were left to secondary importance. In the Sino-Soviet split during the 1950's Mao split from traditional Marxism-Leninism and developed Maoism, the Chinese interpretation of communism. Mao was upset with the Soviet Leader Khrushchev's position of peaceful coexistence between the communists and the capitalists. The Maoists started a strong communist tradition, instituting the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The Great Leap forward was instituted to help transform China into a heavy industrialized society. However this was largely considered to be a failure and many Chinese starved to death. In the Cultural Revolution Mao overthrew his enemies and millions of people were killed or persecuted.    

  The current constitution of China was created in 1982 and has been continuously revised since. The Constitution includes many civil rights such as: free speech, press, worship, the right to trial and the right to own private property. However in practice the constitution has widely not been followed. There was very little done to ensure that the new laws instituted follow the constitution. Also the judicial system does not provide any particular method for review of new laws.