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The Communist Party of China comprises a single-party state form of government ; however, there are parties other than the CPC within China, which report to the United Front Department of the Communist Party of China and do not act as opposition or independent parties.

The continued dominance of the CPC, as with the parties of the last communist states ( all in Asia and Latin America ), can be attributed in part to its anti-colonial and " national liberation " credentials, burnished by its participation in events such as the Anti-Japanese War and the Korean War.

According to historian of Communism Archie Brown, the memory of the Cultural Revolution, where a form of mass political mobilization turned against the Party and resulted in chaotic destruction, may account for the reticence of educated Chinese to press for an end to one-party rule.