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People’s Republic of China proclaimed (1949)
On the Cold War map as “Proclamation of the People’s Republic”
1 Oct 1949 — Mao declares the PRC from the Tiananmen gate. A quarter of humanity joins the communist column — the largest single shift on this map.
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- Soviet atomic bomb and Mao’s victory (chapter 3 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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- Mao’s China
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