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Nationalists escape to Taiwan
The Communists ousted the Nationalists when they rose to power in China. -
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The Great Leap Forward
Mao initiated "The Great Leap Forward", and agracultural reforms policy that moved everyone onto large communes, which resulted in great famines and many deaths. -
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The Cultural Revolution
During The Cultural Revolution, students from all around China grouped together to form the Red Gaurd, a communist group that persecuted all who did not agree with their or Mao's ideals and destroyed much of traditional Chinese culture. -
The Fall of Saigon
After the US' long involvment in Vietnam, the southern capital finally fell to the northern communists. -
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Khmer Rouge
The Communist Rule in Cambodia led to one of the largest genocides in history.