dictatorship under Mao Zedong

dictatorship under Stalin

workers were mainly farmers

built smaller factories in villages rather than in cities

no religious freedom

redistribution of land to peasants

controlled countries adjacent to its own borders

rebuilt factories after World War II

work force mostly worked in factories

suppression of peasants

division of nation into two parts

increased trade with other communist countries

helped spread communism to other countries

already had industry

consolidated farmlands into collectives

secret police enforced laws and communist policies

military expansion

lack of protection of freedom of speech and press

women given new rights

need to increase industrialization