oct 1, 1949 - Mao Zedong’s takeover of China
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Description: Mao Zedong names himself head of state and officially proclaims the People’s Republic of China. This was at the climax of years of battle between Mao’s communist forces and the Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek, who had been supported by American government.Significance: The loss of China, the largest nation in Asia, to communism was a severe blow to the United States, which was still reeling from the Soviet Union’s recent creation of a nuclear device. This also brought a wave of criticism from Republicans who believed that the Truman administration lost China through mishandling the situation.
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Date:
oct 1, 1949
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~ 75 years ago