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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
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.
This is one scene of Chapter 3 — Two Shocks of 1949 in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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