[ScottSolomon]

Touche

What is the deal UT? Are you really under the impression that this nation was accepted bye the Native population our of the virtue of it's ideology? Were their deaths any more valuable than the Chinese that died in the Boxer Rebellion or the Opium War?

In the struggle to cast of the yoke of imperialism, be it Chinese, English, or Japanese, people will generally accept the actions of the powerful leader - even if the leader is vicious or dishonest. As long as the end justified the means ( Bush supporters should be familiar with this by now ).

Before the foundation of the DHinese communist party, china was the site of numerous wars and periodic rebellions. The Japanese actions in their occupation of Manchuria led to the eventual resistance to the Japanese. This notably culminated in the Nanjing Massacre where 300,000 Chinese were killed, and 20,000 women raped. The massacre helped to solidify the peasant population - that only wanted security and protection - into cooperating fully with the Communist party.

Eventually after WW2 the cokllaboration broke down and a bloody civil war gripped the nation. The CCP eventually won the civil war and went on a massive repressive bend to try to solidify it's base of power - and remove terrorists.

This was the birth of the People's Republic of China. It was a nation fought for - and killed for - by peasants that believed a strong man that knew how to beat the Japanese.

The place may have many faults, but their history is no less painful of fraught with peril than our nations history. If we simply see the world through ideological goggles, we will never be able to see the true structure of history.