jan 1, 1949 - Communists take power
Description:
The communists finally drove the nationalistsNationalists fled to the island of Taiwan
In the island of Taiwan Chiang and his nationalists formed a government
Meanwhile in China the communists formed the peoples republic of china
When this communists group took over about 1 million people were killed
The united states refused to acknowledge the communists as they stood by the nationalists.
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Date:
jan 1, 1949
Now
~ 76 years ago