of 40 plus years of control, the communist party was never able to kill the dream of the people to govern themselves and chose their own destiny. The other major cause for the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe was NATO. The United States and her NATO allies had engaged the Soviet Union in an arms race that lead to the collapse of the economy while at the same time containing the spread of communism and checking every move the Soviet Union made in their effort to spread communism to other parts of the world, except in Asia. Although communism has failed in Eastern Europe, likelihood of this happening in China is unlikely. The government of Communist China has so far maintain a tight control of her people and limited their exposure to the West. In addition to this control, the government has shown that it is not afraid to use military force on their own people to force the government will. ...
