On October 1, 1949, China gained its independence and the Chinese Communist Party gained control to a country with a failing economy, a new government and no stable military control. In order to examine effectiveness, one must look at the military, economical and political achievements by the Chinese Communist Party. In order for one to answer this question one must define the word "effective" in this context. The extent of effectiveness is the extent to which the CCP was successful at gaining and controlling authority in China. I believe that to a large extent the CCP was effective at establishing authority, but the methods or outcomes could be argued unethical.

Politically, the basic goal of the CCP was to restore political order not seen since the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. The CCP was very effective in providing stability and absolute rule of China, however the methods used were...