Tag: Mao

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16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China when Mao releases the ‘May 16th Notification’

16th May 2022
Tagged as: China, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Red Guards

By the time the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976 an estimated minimum of 400,000 people had died through torture, execution, or suicide.

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10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

10th April 2022
Tagged as: America, China, Cold War, Communism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Mao, Nixon, Ping Pong, Sino-American Relations, Sport, Table Tennis, United States, USA

The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.

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20th October 1935: Mao Zedong’s Red Army finishes the Long March

20th October 2019
Tagged as: China, Civil War, GMD, KMD, Long March, Mao

On the 20^th October 1935, the 6,000 mile Long March by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China ended when the columns of troops led by Mao Zedong arrived in Shaanxi.

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1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

1st October 2019
Tagged as: China, Chinese Civil War, Communism, Mao, USA, USSR

The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World War.