" Leader Vladmir Lenin led the Bolsheviks as they over through the government and gained power. After over throwing the government, the previous leaders who weren't executed, will attempt to regain power. ... Between WW1 and WW2, China is at war with itself. In this war the Chinese, like the Russians, are battling nationalists and communism, or the government versus communists. The government in China is going to try to get rid of communists. ...

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A totalitarian government is a "modern autocratic government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens" (Bartleby). ... Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and the People's Republic of China under Zedong. ... Zedong and Stalin led the communists in China and Russia. ... The governments also have a monopoly of all weapons of mass destruction and guns. ... There have been many totalitarian...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. ... In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. ... However, the other members disagree with passing a resolution on Syria, which poses a serious problem because Russia and China hold veto power. ... Howe...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. ... In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. ... However, the other members disagree with passing a resolution on Syria, which poses a serious problem because Russia and China hold veto power. ... Howe...

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The majority followed government and state laws, but gangs began to form all over New York - the largest becoming the mafia. ... The mafia still remains in business today even with the government's plans to stop them such as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act passed in 1970. ... Risen explains in the US News that China and Russia have organized various groups of intelligent hackers who have been stealing information from top secret databases of the United States for over twenty years now. ... Russia and China are working together to steal money, government ...

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China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. China has been Communist since 1949, Cuba since 1961, Laos since 1975, North Korea since 1948, and Vietnam since 1976. ... Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania all ended up with communist governments and had leaders who looked to Moscow for advice as opposed to the people of the country they governed. ... Greece was in a highly sensitive militarily and Truman, did not want to involve America in any military action wanted to give the Greek government as much support as he could during the Civil War. ... When Cuba went to war, President Kennedy and ...

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Britain at this time was trying to fix the growing unemployment rate and conditions of industrial workers, however maintain a moderately stable government. ... China suffered similar problems to Russia, but their problem was caused by the mass foreign invasion and colonization by western countries. Austria-Hungary's government was failing at the time, partly due to the fact that no changes or reform had been made to country for a long period of time, and the government was displaying a lack of interest in the people. ... Japan had learnt from the mistakes of China and had built herself up...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Either to help South Vietnam, which was highly impossible because South Vietnam had only consisted of armies with low morale, and all the corrupted leaders and officials, or to fight against communism, ...

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Although nationalism exists in all countries, the wrong policies of nationalism (Russification) done by the USSR governments caused the whole Soviet Union to collapse. ... The main reason was the wrong nationalist policies done by the USSR governments. China and India also have huge lands and they house lots of ethnic groups who speak many different languages. "The Republic of China is also a complex case because there are fifty five national minorities (seven percent of the population) in the country who do not speak Han Chinese of the majority population in a nation of over one billion p...

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With a total population of 149,300,359, Russia is sixth in the world in population, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. ... The large government deficit, equals about one- fifth of total yearly economy. ... The government introduced some forms of private practice for doctors, privately financed hospitals, and health insurance. ... The following year it dropped to 900%, and since then the government has been dealing with the problem. ... The Soviet government is much like any other country's government. ...

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It is located just north of China and also has the longest border with China of about 3,000 kilometers long (Cross-border Resource Management). A lot of these aspects of Russia are the same today as they were pre-World War 1, yet the culture and government was much different. ... Also the government was run by the last emporer to ever rule over Russia, Tsar Nicholas III. ... Russia neither gained nor received from this treaty because of their communist government and economic turmoil, they were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference or to join the League of Nations. ... The population was...

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When we were attempting to stop Japanese aggression in China, Stalin and his comrades were not deemed to be "evil", at least not when wee needed his help. ... Communism is a theory of government in which the people are all considered equal. The government owns the businesses and pays equal wages to all. ... There could be a government which practices the Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. ... Even the socialist governments of the world take responsibility for the health of it...

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When we shop for groceries, we see foods from Mexico, Brazil, Chile, China, France, and as well as many other countries. ... Government sanctions and restrictions add another complex layer. ... The drawback to lower taxes is that government social programs could lose funding as well (Colander, 2013). Lower taxes help stimulate the economy while higher taxes help fund government programs. ... Both of these scenarios are ultimately related to the government's handling of the funds generated by taxes. ...

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However, the Security Council, which objectively ranked higher in power on the UN hierarchy, was solely composed by the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, France and Taiwan siting in for China. ... The same happened when the Security Council's resolution to withdraw Chinese troops from Korea was blocked by the URSS, it was then transferred to the General Assembly. ... In 1956, the Egyptian government nationalized the Suez canal, built by the French but part-owned by the British. ... The Hungarian government did appeal to the UN's as...

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Although we aren't dependent on Iraq for bartering currently, but once we overthrow their government and create a democratic country, then we will export their oil. ... The only debate that I have with Lenin's argument is if capitalism creates a world market, then how do we explain China, a country based on communistic principles, but it trades with every major country in the world and I would consider it an advanced country. ...

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