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Sun Yat-Sen is born
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Mao ZeDong was born
Mao Zedong (Also Known as Chairman Mao) was a Chinese Communist leader -
Republic of China founded
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Sun Yat-Sen dies
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Shanghai Massacre
Nationalist army massacre Communists in Shanghai, 400-500 killed, 5,000 missing -
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Chinese civil war
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Chiang Kai-Shek comes into power
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Chiang Kai-Shek's presidency
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The Long March
A retreat to Northern China by Mao's forces -
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Mao Zedong's time in office
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People Republic of China is founded
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Republic of China moves to Taiwan
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Chiang Kai-Shek leaves mainland China forever
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The Great Leap Foward
The Great Leap foward was an economic and social campaign that created "communes", farms where +30,000 people worked -
Mao Zedong dies
Mao ZeDong dies and is succeded by Hua Guofeng