Civilization · Twentieth century · China
People's Republic of China
1949–
The state proclaimed in Beijing on 1 October 1949 after the communist victory in the civil war. A container for that state, not a history of it.
Facts
- Proclaimed
- 1 October 1949, Beijing.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chinese Civil War
- Other claim
- The Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan in December 1949 and did not treat the proclamation as the end of its own claim.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chinese Civil War
The record
Mao Zedong was the central figure of the 1 October 1949 proclamation. The state page is the filing point for what was done under that state that is on this site: the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
The civil war and the war with Japan come before the proclamation. They are linked, not retold.
Connected
Links in both directions: what this page points to, and what points here.
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