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Chinese Revolutionary War
The communist took over china with Mao Zedong as their leader. -
Mao Zedong's Birthday
Mao Zedong, the leader of the communists was born and raised as a peasant on his family's farm. He left his family to go to school at the age of 13. He left school he went on to join the army. Then he went back to school. He studied a lot of politics and observed other revolutions. -
Start of the War
The Repulbic of China, a communist army attacked china and started the revolution. -
Red Guards were assembled
The red guards were personal body guards of Mao Zedong Made up of a dozen student from the elite middle school attached to Tsinghua university. -
End of war
The communist took over, everything was owned by the government. They cleaned the streets and houses, and killed rodents and bugs to get rid of diseases. -
Mao Zedong's Death
He died at the age of 82 in Beijing. He had Parkinson's disease and other health problems.
