Millions died under the policies of the Great Leap Forward in the nineteen fifties and the Cultural Revolution in the sixties. Hundreds and perhaps thousands died when troops crushed the democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in nineteen eighty-nine.
Mao died in nineteen seventy-six. Deng Xiaoping took his place and launched a period of reforms. Today China has the world's second-largest economy. But the small group of top leaders in the party continue to crush dissent, control the media and deny basic rights.
Government data released this year showed that China spends about ninety-five billion dollars a year on police, jails and security services. That is more that the amount the government says it spends on the military.
Earlier this year China moved to suppress calls on the Internet for a "jasmine revolution" like the movements in the Middle East and North Africa.
On a separate issue, the United Nations on Thursday criticized China for welcoming Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to Beijing this week. The high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said she was "disappointed."
Mr. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court. The court has charged him with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Darfur area of Sudan.
President Hu and President Bashir signed loan and economic cooperation agreements in Beijing on Wednesday. China is a major supplier of weapons to Sudan and its biggest purchaser of oil.
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