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The qing dynasty ended.
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Chinese party was not in the mix of people who were looking to make their empire better than others.
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New government was established
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Mao becomes a founding member of the CCP.
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Sun yat sen dies.
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Guomindang got mad at the communists
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Tey were 368 days en route in the Long march
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Mao led his followers on the Long March
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Nanking was destroyed, and the Nationalists abandoned the city as an end result.
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Students and intellectuals were sent down to the country side to give them a taste of what real china was like.
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Chiang retires from presidency.
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Communists routed Chiang Kai Shek’s armies and sent them off to Taiwan.
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Between Oct. 1950-August 1951, 28,332 people were accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries and were executed as an end result.
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Industry increased 121% more than projected. Inflation was in check, and saving was encouraged by the fact that the Five year plan didn’t have many consumer goods. China’s population grew to 646 million
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The main result was to pay for heavy machinery from the USSR with exported grain = Less for peasants to eat = 20 Million people died.
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From 1960 to 1969 millions were persecuted, Historical and religious artifacts destroyed, and intellectuals were again sent to the countryside.
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The major event of this year is Mao dying.
