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  2. 1949 in China - Wikipedia

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    September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties; September 27 — Establishment of the Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí), a red field charged in the canton (upper ...

  3. Chinese Communist Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Communist Revolution was a social revolution in China that began in 1927 and culminated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. The revolution was led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which afterwards became the ruling party of China. The revolution resulted in major social changes within China ...

  4. History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)

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    China's economy in 1976 was three times its 1949 size (but the size of the Chinese economy in 1949 was one-tenth of the size of the economy in 1936), and whilst Mao-era China acquired some of the attributes of a superpower such as: nuclear weapons and a space programme; the nation was still quite poor and backwards compared to the Soviet Union ...

  5. Chinese Civil War - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary Army troops ...

  6. Republic of China (1912–1949) - Wikipedia

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    The communist takeover of mainland China in 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, left the ruling Kuomintang with control over only Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. With the loss of the mainland, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and the KMT declared Taipei the provisional capital. [20]

  7. Proclamation of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The proclamation of the People's Republic of China was made by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on October 1, 1949, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The government of a new state under the CCP, formally called the Central People's Government , was proclaimed by Mao at the ceremony, which marked the foundation of the ...

  8. History of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China since 1 October 1949, when CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) from atop Tiananmen, after a near complete victory (1949) by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Chinese Civil War.

  9. Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan

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    Five retreats of the ROC Government in 1949: Nanjing → Canton → Chungking → Chungtu → Taipei and Sichang . Following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War, on December 7, 1949, the remnants of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC), alongside many refugees, retreated to the island of Taiwan (Formosa).