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Surrender of Beiping (1949)

On the Chinese Revolution map as “Beiping surrenders”

31 Jan 1949 — Encircled and hopeless after Tianjin’s 29-hour fall, General Fu Zuoyi negotiates: the garrison marches out, the PLA marches in, and the old capital — its palaces, its universities — passes without a shell. In October it will be the capital again.

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Turning point
Chapter
Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin campaigns (chapter 11 of Chinese Revolution)
Atlas
China in Revolution, 1911–1949
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