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In China, the death of [[Mao Zedong]] in 1976 heralded the end of the catastrophic [[cultural revolution]]. The new leadership began the process of economic reform which has led to modern China, while a dictatorship ruled by the Communist Party, nevertheless having achieved economic and material growth unthinkable under a socialist straitjacket. The Chinese people have economic freedom as a result of the changes begun in the 1970s; political and religious freedom will inevitably follow.

In China, the death of [[Mao Zedong]] in 1976 heralded the end of the catastrophic [[cultural revolution]]. The new leadership began the process of economic reform which has led to modern China, while a dictatorship ruled by the Communist Party, nevertheless having achieved economic and material growth unthinkable under a socialist straitjacket. The Chinese people have economic freedom as a result of the changes begun in the 1970s; political and religious freedom will inevitably follow.

On Christmas in 1979 the geriatric leadership of the [[Soviet Union]] launched an invasion of [[Afghanistan]]. Although they succeeded in occupying the country, this act of aggression was to embroil them in a war of resistance that bled their armed forces white and sparked the process that led to the collapse of the USSR itself and of world Communism.

On Christmas in 1979 the [[geriatrics|geriatric]] leadership of the [[Soviet Union]] launched an invasion of [[Afghanistan]]. Although they succeeded in occupying the country, this act of aggression was to embroil them in a war of resistance that bled their armed forces white and sparked the process that led to the collapse of the USSR itself and of world Communism.

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