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1976Monday, November 2nd, 20091976 – Mao dies. “The Gang of Four,” including Mao’s widow Jiang Qing, jockey for [...] 1972Monday, November 2nd, 20091972 – US President Richard Nixon visits China. Both countries declare a desire to normalize [...] 1966-76Monday, November 2nd, 20091966-76 – “The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,” a 10-year political and ideological campaign aimed at [...] 1950Thursday, October 29th, 20091950 – China intervenes in the Korean War on the side of North Korea. The [...] 1959Thursday, January 1st, 19591959 – Chinese forces suppress large-scale revolt in Tibet. The Dalai Lama flees to India [...] 1958Wednesday, January 1st, 19581958 – Mao launches the “Great Leap Forward”, a five-year economic plan. Farming is collectivized [...] 1949Saturday, January 1st, 19491949 – On October 1st Mao Zedong, having led the Communists to victory against the [...] |