Rules of the Game | Compare and Contrast

1950s: Chairman Mao Zedong rules as Communist dictator in the People’s Republic of China.

1980s: Chinese students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square stage a pro-democracy demonstration. Hundreds are killed when the Chinese government suppresses the protesters with tear gas, rifle fire, and tanks—which crush protesters.

Today: China is the only remaining Communist major power in the world.

1950s: Fifteen-year-old American, Bobby Fischer, becomes the world’s youngest chess player ever to attain the rank of grand master, making chess...

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