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Totalitarianism - is where the state regulates every aspect of public and private life.

The totlitarian state keeps themself in power by use of a single party, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of free speech, and terrorism.

Single Party State (establishment) - Mao Ze Dong used all of this to keep himself in power until his death in 1976. He led the Communist Party against the KMT (Kuomingtang) in the Chinese Civil War & once he drove the KMT out...he established the CCP as the only party in the PRC.

Control Over the Economy - PRC began large public reforms which it already had availabed from the large workforce and considerable industrial expertise. The first two years brought under heavy inflation which it was already suffering from the last 2 years of the KMT. The GMD by slashing public expeditures, raising taxes on urban dwellers, and replacing the old chinese currency with the modern one we now use, Renminbi. Under his 5 year plan he targeted for an increase in coal and steel.

Regulation and Restriction of free speech - The Hundred Flowers Campaign was from 1956-1957 in where the public was encouraged to voice their opinions about nation & the government...this campaign was actually aimed to find the anti-communists and was used as a means to persecute those who spoke ill of the government.

Slogan (of the campaign): //"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land."

Terrorism- The Red Guards were used to publicly humilate those who were against the government.//

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