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

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    e. The Republic of China (ROC) began as a sovereign state in mainland China [f] on 1 January 1912 following the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu -led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. From 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT) reunified the country and ruled it as a one-party state ("Dang Guo") and made Nanjing the national capital.

  3. Administrative divisions of the Republic of China (1912–1949)

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    The Republic of China was founded in 1912. It used most of the same administrative divisions as the Qing dynasty but divided Inner Mongolia into four provinces and set up several municipalities under the authority of the Executive Yuan. After the end of World War II in 1945, Manchuria was reincorporated into the Republic of China as nine provinces.

  4. Historical capitals of China - Wikipedia

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    From 23 April 1949 to 1 May 1991, Nanjing was the claimed capital of the Republic of China Guangzhou 廣州: 23 April 1949 – 14 October 1949: during the Chinese Civil War: Chongqing 重慶: 14 October 1949 – 30 November 1949: during the Chinese Civil War: Chengdu 成都: 30 November 1949 – 27 December 1949: during the Chinese Civil War ...

  5. 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. The PRC is the most recent political ...

  6. Cartography of China - Wikipedia

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    On the reverse side of the engraving is another map, Huayi tu. Chinese cartography began in the 5th century BC during the Warring States period when cartographers started to make maps of the Earth's surface. Its scope extended beyond China's borders with the expansion of the Chinese Empire under the Han dynasty.

  7. Chinese Communist Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Chinese troops in Korea depicted on a 1952 Chinese postage stamp Poster of Chinese rebels in Sarawak, Malaysia. On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong officially proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square. Chiang Kai-shek, 600,000 Nationalist troops and about two million Nationalist-sympathizer refugees ...

  8. The Historical Atlas of China - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Atlas of China (traditional Chinese: 中國歷史地圖集; simplified Chinese: 中国历史地图集; pinyin: Zhōngguó lìshǐ dìtú jí) is an 8-volume work published in Beijing between 1982 and 1988, edited by Tan Qixiang. It contains 304 maps and 70,000 placenames in total. The Concise Historical Atlas of China (Chinese ...

  9. Lost Horizon (1937 film) - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, a 92-minute version of the film was released. It aimed to play down features of the utopia that suggested communist ideals, a sensitive point after a civil war in China resulted in the ascension of Mao Zedong's Communist Party in that country in 1949. In 1973, the AFI initiated a restoration of the film.