oct 1, 1949 - Mao Zedong creates People's Republic of China
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After a brutal civil war that devastated China for three years, the underdog CPC party had won, and its leader, Mao Zedong, created the People’s Republic of China as a new socialist nation. He began implementing policies, many of them including things to do with giving power to more previously underprivileged communities.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 1, 1949
Now
~ 75 years ago