China Vs. Mexico
- China and Mexico are both apart of the United Nations. China however is a security council member.
- China population is ten times larger than Mexico’s population. Mexico has a much younger population than China.
- Mexico’s government is a federal republic while China has a communist government.
- Both China and Mexico have held the summer Olympic games. Mexico held the summer Olympics in 1968, while China recently held the 2008 summer Olympics.
- The 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico is similar to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China. Both events included military force being used to kill or wound the people involved, most being students. However the cause of both massacres were very different. The Tlatelolco Massacre is Mexico was caused by a riot after a football game and was significantly smaller than the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China, where people across Beijing came together to support students who wanted democracy and a say in their government.