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Communist victory and takeover of Mainland China. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China(PRC). Losers flee to Taiwan. -
China send help to aid North Korea in Korean war vs South Korea who were backed by the US.
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Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to rebuild the country into a communist society through the formation og people's communes. This caused around 30 million people to die of famine due to a failure to feed the people of China properly. -
Revolution unleashes the teenage Red guards, who are devoted to Mao, set out and destroy all vestiges of China's "feudal" culture.
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Nixon visits China -
Mao Zedong dies after months of declining health
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Earthquake that takes an estimated toll of 300,000 people
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Becomes new leader after Mao's death -
U.S. and China re-establish diplomatic relations -
China signs Sino-British joint declaration where Hong Kong was to be handed back to China.
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Students and workers protest for political reform on Tianamen Square, then the army crushed the movement on June 4, killing many protestors -
Deng Xiaoping dies
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China joins the world trade organization, paving the way for the country to become a global manufacturing powerhouse
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Beijing hosts very successful summer olympics, illustrated China's arrival on the world stage -
Xi Jinping becomes head of the Communist Party, and president the next year, starting a massive crackdown on corruption, with dozens of senior officials put in jailed and many more