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[[Image:Hgdutyu6.png|right|thumb|Flag of the Communist Party of China]]

[[Image:Hgdutyu6.png|right|thumb|Flag of the Communist Party of China]]

The '''Chinese Communist Party''' was founded in Shanghai in 1921 as the Asian branch of the [[Comintern]], controlled by [[Joseph Stalin]] from Moscow. [[Mao Zedong]] was present at the founding <ref>Dick Wilson, ''The People's Emperor Mao: A Biography of Mao Tse-tung'', New York 1979, pg. 60.</ref> and became the dominant party leader in 1935 during the [[Long March]], whose survivors controlled the party into the 1990s. Mao and his CCP were the bitter enemies of the [[Kuomintang]] party ('''KMT''') under [[Chiang Kai-shek]], which ruled China until defeated by the CCP in 1949. Chiang and his army retreated to the nearby island of Taiwan, which still operates a separate regime.  American conservatives have always been vehemently hostile toward Mao, and against his CCP until the 1980s, when a modernizing, pro-capitalist faction led by [[Deng Xiaoping]] (1904-97) came to power.  

The '''Chinese Communist Party''', founded in 1921, was the Asian branch of the [[Comintern]], controlled by [[Joseph Stalin]] from Moscow. [[Mao Zedong]] was present at the founding <ref>Dick Wilson, ''The People's Emperor Mao: A Biography of Mao Tse-tung'', New York 1979, pg. 60.</ref> and became the dominant party leader in 1935 during the [[Long March]], whose survivors controlled the party into the 1990s. Mao and his CCP were the bitter enemies of the [[Kuomintang]] party ('''KMT''') under [[Chiang Kai-shek]], which ruled China until defeated by the CCP in 1949. Chiang and his army retreated to the nearby island of Taiwan, which still operates a separate regime.  American conservatives have always been vehemently hostile toward Mao, and against his CCP until the 1980s, when a modernizing, pro-capitalist faction led by [[Deng Xiaoping]] (1904-97) came to power.  

==Current==

==Current==

The Chinese Communist Party persecutes the country’s Christian population, as well as the Falun Gong population, and Tibetan Buddhists. There are several well-documented cases of abuse, [[torture]] and false imprisonment.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26602 Christians under Attack in China],  By Frederick W. Stakelbeck Jr., [[FrontPageMagazine.com]], January 25, 2007.</ref>

The Chinese Communist Party persecutes the country’s Christian population, as well as the Falun Gong population, and Tibetan Buddhists. There are several well-documented cases of abuse, [[torture]] and false imprisonment.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26602 Christians under Attack in China],  By Frederick W. Stakelbeck Jr., [[FrontPageMagazine.com]], January 25, 2007.</ref>