Chinese Civil War
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The Chinese Civil War was fought between the government of the Republic of China, led by the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 unt
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Su Yu at Meng Liang Gu Battle 1947
1945 Chiang Kai shek inspected Chinese soldiers with shoes made of straw
Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China. He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in Sep
Chinese Civil War
…the KMT, and Chiang denounced them for betraying Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People by taking orders from the Soviet Union. According to Mao Zedong, Chiang's tolerance of the CCP within the KMT camp decreased as his power increased. On 7 April, Chiang and several other KMT leaders held a meeting…
Formal portrait, 1950
Mao in 1913
Students in Beijing rallying during the May Fourth Movement
Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai