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Turning point · China in Revolution, 1911–1949
The republic offshore
8 Dec 1949 — The Nationalist government moves to Taipei with the navy, the air force, two million soldiers and refugees, the treasury’s gold and the Palace Museum’s crates. Two states now claim this map — and the strait between them is still governed by that December.
This is one scene of Chapter 12 — The People’s Republic in China in Revolution, 1911–1949.
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