11.   But while the Russian communists lost power when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Chinese communists have rejected all challenges to their monopoly on power.

12.   For decades, the Nationalists considered the Soviet Union a hostile nation and blamed their defeat in the Chinese civil war on Soviet aid to the Chinese communists.

13.   Qian said that Wu, a sharp critic of the Chinese communists, will be put on trial.

14.   Anyone suspected of either supporting Chinese communists or Taiwanese independence was liable to dismissal.

15.   Beijing views Taiwan as a renegade province after the nationalists were defeated by the Chinese communists in a civil war and fled to the island and formed a government.

16.   There is no reason why the Chinese communists should try to block us from attending....

17.   There have also been unconfirmed government reports of Chinese communists infiltrating the island to sabotage the exercise.

18.   The Chinese communists regard Taiwan as a renegade province after driving the defeated nationalist government off the mainland.

19.   The government, driven off the mainland after losing a civil war to the Chinese communists, bans direct investments on the mainland.

20.   The KMT fears that after the Hong Kong takeover, both government and KMT assets in the territory will be confiscated by the Chinese communists.