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this situation is only possible through teaching the values of Islam to all
people and helping them to regain their spiritual values.

The Ongoing Oppression in Mao's China
Stalin put the project of communist revolution into practice in Russia
leaving behind twenty million dead. This bloody regime in Russia was
imitated by another communist regime in China.
In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, communists took power
in China after a bloody civil war. Like his close ally Stalin, between 1949
and 1976, he established a repressive and bloody regime. Countless
political executions took place in China. The army was composed of
communist troops of men and women. In later years, young militants,
called the "Red Guards" by Mao, threw the country into even more terror.
Economic deterioration in Russia had its parallels in China, by means
of the principles adhered to under the name of "socialist change and equal
rights." The same scenario was repeated in China; people were no longer
entitled to their rights, and all their property was confiscated for the
benefit of the state. In brief, the communist regime in China, which was
presented as the refuge and the savior of the masses, seized fields,
animals, crops and people's property just as it had in Russia.
Nationalization was presented as a prerequisite of "socialist change."
"Social justice" only worked to enrich the people in power and those
flattering them. Meanwhile, the public whose "rights were (supposedly)
protected" starved to death. Economic problems became more
burdensome, requiring fundamental reforms; yet, every reform only
added to the misery and social disorder in the country. Each failure in
economic reform claimed thousands, even millions of lives. In this
country stretching over a vast geographical area, Mao essentially carried
out a genocide of his own people, especially minorities.
The communist party hierarchy and its dictator, Mao who held
absolute authority in all domains of life, closed China against all external
influences and held the press and communications under strict control.
Any criticism or protest brought against government policies ended in