dec 7, 1949 - Chian Kai Sheck - the leader of the Nationalist and his party that had ruled what was the Republic of China, flee to Taiwan as Mao Zedong's Communist party rises
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"Washington had continued to support Chiang Kai Sheck and the Chines Nationalist after they had fled to Taiwan in 1949" (Gaddis 2006, p.126)
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