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try is usually a sufficient deterrent.
No matter how much the Western media cite the liberal reforms
being carried out in the economy and the claim that China is turning to
democracy, the Red Chinese government does not have the slightest in-
tention of giving up its total control over the people. Those living in
Chinese territory are the proof, and the peoples of both China and East
Turkestan are now the major targets of these ruthless practices.

THE COMMUNIST PARTY OLIGARCHY
The People's Republic of China is a totalitarian regime. Its entire
executive and legislative bodies are tied to one single administrative
organ, the Chinese Communist Party. Nationally and locally, the major
leaders in the police, the army, and civilian organizations are all the
Communist Party administrators. Such people are often as influential
after their retirement as they are while in office. As a result of their pow-
erful organization, the Communist Party controls just about all aspects
of life. For this reason, it is difficult to deviate from communist ideology
in political and social life. Each individual's thoughts, beliefs, and ac-
tions must be in line with communist ideology and the instructions of
the party. Deviation, and even the possibility of deviation, can be heav-
ily punished.
The British journalist John Mirsky, who has become an expert on
China, describes that communist rule in the following terms:

… But to them [Communist Party], stability meant an order in which
the elders and the Communist Party were incontestably in charge.
Any threat to that would have to be met with what they wielded most
effectively: force. 2
The most striking example of this occurred during Mao's "Great
Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" campaigns. Ruthless and
cruel methods were resorted to in order to make the people submit to
communism and translate communist ideology into daily life. Peasants

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