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Mao Zedong proclaims the People’s Republic of China

Mao Zedong announced the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, declaring the victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the Nationalists.

Mao Zedong proclaims the People’s Republic of China

The founding of the PRC transformed the strategic balance in Asia and posed an immediate foreign-policy challenge for the Truman administration amid Cold War containment efforts.

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