Communist party, in China

Communist party, in China, ruling party of the world's most populous nation since 1949 and most important Communist party in the world since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Ruling Party
• Civil War
• Origins
• Bibliography

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