1. The People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China has been a communist state since 1949, when Mao Zedong declared, after a bloody civil war, that all of China was to be combined under one banner, and that banner was Communism. ... Under the leadership of President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji, China's economic growth rate rose to almost 12% and helped to bring over 150 million people out of poverty ("China "). In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization and has since then maintained a steady growth in both economic and quality of life for the Chinese people. ... (Wertheim) Growth in C...
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