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1976

dyang — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:35:23 +0000

1976 - Mao dies. “The Gang of Four,” including Mao’s widow Jiang Qing, jockey for power but are arrested and convicted of crimes against the state. From 1977 Deng Xiaoping emerges as the dominant figure among pragmatists in the leadership. Under him, China undertakes far-reaching economic reforms.

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1972

dyang — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:23:16 +0000

1972 - US President Richard Nixon visits China. Both countries declare a desire to normalize relations.

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1966-76

dyang — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:18:19 +0000

1966-76 - “The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,” a 10-year political and ideological campaign aimed at reviving revolutionary spirit, produces massive social, economic and political upheaval.

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1950

dyang — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:58:47 +0000

1950 – China intervenes in the Korean War on the side of North Korea. The U.S. responds by moving its Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Straights, preventing any PRC offense against regaining Taiwan.

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1959

dyang — Thu, 01 Jan 1959 20:38:50 +0000

1959 – Chinese forces suppress large-scale revolt in Tibet. The Dalai Lama flees to India where he sets up a government-in-exile.

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1958

dyang — Wed, 01 Jan 1958 18:33:35 +0000

1958 - Mao launches the “Great Leap Forward”, a five-year economic plan. Farming is collectivized and labor-intensive industry is introduced. The drive produces economic breakdown and is abandoned after two years. Disruption to agriculture is blamed for the deaths by starvation of upwards to 30 million people following poor harvests over the next two years—the largest man-made natural disaster in history.

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1949

dyang — Sat, 01 Jan 1949 16:25:08 +0000

1949 – On October 1st Mao Zedong, having led the Communists to victory against the Nationalists after more than 20 years of civil war, proclaims the founding of the People’s Republic of China atop Tiananmen Gate in the center of Beijing. The Nationalists retreat to the island of Taiwan and set up a government-in-exile.

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