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Communism And Communism Similarities

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China and Russia are seen as two of the most powerful nations in the world. Their strong military, economy, and large amount of land and population. These two nations have many similarities and differences that effect their relationship and how other nations see them across the globe. One major trait they have in common in their governments political view, communism. Communism was seen as one of the biggest threats to the world once it swallowed China and Russia. Communism is “a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state”(definition.com). Communism was spreading like wildfire in the 1900’s and impacted Russia and …show more content…

The legislative branch and the judicial branches of government are both in control of who is elected into office and how people vote. Today, communism is still with China and Russia. However one little detail of power has changed when the USSR became Russia. China “focuses on the preservation of power in the hands of one party” and on the other hand Russia “is obsessed with the preservation of power in the hands of one man” (blogs.reuters.com). Both countries also had conflicts with the United States about communism and their way of thinking about government. They constantly criticize the rest of the worlds ways of government. China and Russia had many similarities with communism and government, but they also had many differences that separated their thinking and beliefs. One of the most major differences was how long the rule of communism lasted in both of these countries. “China’s communism lasted but Soviet did not”(classroom.synonym.com). Over the decades political parties that want to change Russia have started to emerge. This wide list consists of “The Communism Party of the Russian Federation, The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Rodina, and United Russia” (indexmundi.com). Communism is shown in some sort of way with each of these parties. On the other hand, in china there is only one party that is allowed to run for office, and that party is the Chinese Communism Party. This party runs over “eight nominally independent small parties”

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