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Mao Zedong born
Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao and Mao Runzhi, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. -
Chinese Revolution
Nationalists overthrow Emperor. Qing Dynasty ends -
Civil War
Between Nationalists and Communists in China -
Communists begin the Long March
The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. There was not one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south escaped to the north and west. -
Communists win control over China
Communist win civil war. Mao becomes leader of China. -
The Great Leap Forward
Launched by Mao. It failed and millions died from famine. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/china-1900-to-1976/the-great-leap-forward/ -
China's "Cultural Revolution"
Started by Mao to get rid of all opposition to Communism -
Mao Dies
China goes through economic reform, but not political -
Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Troops with assault rifles and tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square -
