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Nationalists escape to Taiwan
After Mao, the communist leader had won the war, the Nationalistsm, lead by Jiang Jeshi retreated to the island of Twaiwan near China in 1949. -
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Great Leap Forward
In China Mao wanted the same industrial growth as the Soviets so in 1958 he demanded an increase in all types of production. His plan failed horribly though do to millions of deaths. -
Cultural Revolution
Another one of Mao's plans was to make all classes in China equal. Once again he did not execute the plan efficiently and it was a miserable failure. -
Khmer Rouge
Communist rebels in Cambodia took over and put Pol Pot into power in hope for a better government. He ended up killing about two million citizens. Today in Cambodia, thousands of skulls can be found lying around. -
Fall of Saigon
The fall of saigon was a period of time when many fleed Vietnam as the war ended and it turned into a communist state. Thousands fleed to the U.S. and other nearby countries.
