Communist China
Red flag nation
Communist China refers to the People's Republic of China under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, especially in contrast to Taiwan (the Republic of China).
The term was common during the Cold War to distinguish mainland China from its non-communist rival: Communist China entered the Korean War in 1950.
Today it appears mainly in historical contexts or political rhetoric critical of the Chinese government.
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
- Little Red BookChinese communist thought compilation
- Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
Gang of Four · Great Famine · personality cult · self-criticism · land reform · collectivization · propaganda posters
State-led revolutionary socialism
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- socialismCommunal economic control
central planning · collectivism · state ownership · planned economy · party congress · central committee · cadre · anti-imperialism
Official content restriction
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- Great FirewallChina's internet filtering system
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
- labor campsDetention facilities requiring toil
Tiananmen Square · dissidents · crackdown · human rights · indoctrination · state media · thought reform · re-education
Sole legal ruling faction
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- party secretaryHead of political organization
- People's Liberation ArmyChina's national armed forces
Xi Jinping · Deng Xiaoping · Zhou Enlai · provincial government
Chinese communist military retreat
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- KuomintangChinese nationalist political party
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese Nationalist leader
- 1949Mid-twentieth century year
liberation · peasant uprising · guerrilla warfare · Red Army · land redistribution · united front · Japanese occupation · warlords
Mao Zedong
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
- Little Red BookChinese communist thought compilation
Red Guards · Gang of Four · Great Famine · personality cult · self-criticism · land reform · collectivization · propaganda posters
Marxism-Leninism
State-led revolutionary socialism
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
socialism · central planning · collectivism · state ownership · planned economy · party congress · central committee · cadre · anti-imperialism · self-reliance
censorship
Official content restriction
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- Great FirewallChina's internet filtering system
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
labor camps · Tiananmen Square · dissidents · crackdown · human rights · indoctrination · state media · thought reform · re-education · social credit
one-party state
Sole legal ruling faction
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- party secretaryHead of political organization
Xi Jinping · Deng Xiaoping · Zhou Enlai · People's Liberation Army · provincial government
Long March
Chinese communist military retreat
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- KuomintangChinese nationalist political party
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese Nationalist leader
1949 · liberation · peasant uprising · guerrilla warfare · Red Army · land redistribution · united front · Japanese occupation · warlords
- Cold War NationsUSA, USSR, Soviet Union, East Germany, West Germany
Communist Chinaliberal democracies
States combining elections with protected rights
South Korea · Japan · Hong Kong · Singapore · United States
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