The People s Republic Of China - 1761 Words

The People’s Republic of China = The Republic â€Å"Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer in which we use to crush the enemy.† –Mao Zedong. This quote is saying that communism is a way to conquer your enemies. The People’s Republic of China shares many similarities with the Republic in the book Legend. They are both communist, militarily run nations, where the citizen’s rights are oppressed, and they are both totalitarian states. They both have authoritarian leadership, and they deny many of their people basic human rights. They both suppress their citizen’s freedom of expression, and imprison those who fight for it. These governments have very small middle classes, medium sized rich classes, and very large poor working classes. They†¦show more content†¦Both governments treat their people dreadfully, although they claim their people are treated fine. The People’s Republic of China is a member of the United Nations Huma n Rights Council, and they say that people should be treated fairly. However, they commit some the most heinous human rights violations on the planet. They have prisons built specifically to torture the inmates, although the government denies having them. During Mao Zedong’s rule, millions of people were declared psychologically ill, and were barred from work if they did not support his administration. This process still continues, only at a much smaller scale. The People’s Republic of China has committed many minimum wage violations, such as refusing to pay their worker’s their nation’s set minimum wage, along with forcing extensive work hours on their workers, and allowing inappropriate actions towards workers by employers/managers. The Chinese government has facilities where they re-educate the people who commit crimes. The re-education is usually 3 years long, and is for minor crimes. The re-education is carried out through labor. The labor centers ar e separate from their much larger labor camps, where the criminals who commit more serious crimes go. The People’s Republic of China limits the access their people have to the Internet.