Blog #4

The United States and the People's Republic of China are ironically similar. China is a Communist single-party state, while the United States is a capitalist democracy. In United States, the the rights of the people, such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and right to trial by jury are upheld, whereas in China most of these rights are not granted. However, the two countries are also similar. China has the most active duty troops in the world, while the United States has the second most. They both have market economies, despite the fact that China is led by what used to be a communist government. Also worth mentioning are that they are both nuclear powers.