The History of the Chinese Government

China has a great tradition going back 4000 years and an empire lasting 2000 years. The dynasties were in power and they were one of the most powerful and advanced civilisations in the world. But Europeans had gained influence at the start of the twentieth century by using force and this meant the Chinese empire had become weak. Between 1900 and 1949 China had gone from being one of the most powerful and advanced civilisations in the world to being considered a weak civilisation with very little power. The Chinese Communist party came into power in 1949 after winning the civil war against the Kuomintang. China is now one of the very few countries still under Communist rule. But the paradox of the situation is why do the Communists encourage private enterprise in industry, commerce and agriculture but does not give the people democratic rule? This is a paradox as it is not clear why the Chinese do not give the people democratic rule, even though democracy would help business advance even more.