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Nationalists escape to Taiwan
The Nationalist fleeing to Taiwan marked the beginning of a Communist China -
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Reconstructing the Post World War
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Great Leap Forward
Through the "Great Leap Forward", greater commnes were created. This lead to unproductive farms which in turn lead to widespread famines that ended up killing about 20 million people. -
Cultural Revolution
Mao started the Cultural Revolution as one last attempt at a perferct communist state. In 1968, Mao realized that this revolution needed to end and ordered for the Red Guard to be put down. -
Fall of Saigon 4-30-1975
The United States lost 58,000 lives in vain because after the Vietnam war ended, the capital of South Veitnam was run over by the Vietcong and all of Vietnam was and still is a communist country. -
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge was a communist government set up in Cambodia. They were controlled by Pol Pot and killed around 2 million people.
