Please tell me the 2 GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS of the People's Republic of China

Question: Please tell me the 2 GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS of the People's Republic of China since 1949 when Mao took power!?
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Unification of the country under a strong centralised government!.
Elevation of a poverty-stricken agrarian country ravaged by poverty and misery into a leading industrial and political world power!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mao eliminated heroin addiction by the quite credible threat of eliminating the addicts!. It wouldn't do over here, but, hey, it worked!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They think they've succeeded in kidding us into believing that all is well in China these days!! Imagine - an Olympics!!
Losing the sarcasm - they own half the World because they have no morals or scruples!. (The leaders-not the People!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

They can now feed their people and are the second most powerful industrial nation on earth!. This has little to do with Mao but it has occurred since 1949!.Www@QuestionHome@Com