The events that occurred in China under Deng Xiaoping 's rule are similar to the events that occurred in Nazi Germany under Hitler's rule and the Soviet Union under Stalin's rule to a great extent. Successful dictatorships use many techniques to win their country's support. Propaganda, indoctrination, controlled participation, direction of popular discontent, and force and terror are all commonly used in this form of government; and all are techniques the leaders of those three countries used time and again. All of the media, such as radio and newspapers, was altered to portray the governments as being successful and honorable. No information that could possibly uncover the government's truths was allowed to be exposed. Furthermore, the leaders of the countries began to include their beliefs and ideas into the nation's schools and youth programs alike. Children were exposed to the communist and fascist ideas at young ages to ensure continued government support. Also, these regimes used the technique of controlled participation. People who are allowed to participate in and contribute to something are more likely to support it. In China they introduced the "spy-on-your-neighbour" campaign, and local authorities had no problem recruiting thousands of neighbourhood informants and auxiliary police to enforce the crusade. One problem the governments did face was that of those who did not believe or did not support their ruler's ideas. The solution: direction of popular discontent and the use of force and terror. If civilians still refused to believe the ideologies of their leaders, the governments would try to put the blame on others. In Nazi Germany, Hitler blamed the Jews, Slavs, political opponents, union leaders, ministers of religion, pacifists, and homosexuals for Germany's economic problems at the time. After the Tiananmen Square incident, the Chinese leader placed the blame on the th...