The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
Mao’s China map of key events
68 battles, turning points and sites of memory from The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976, chapter by chapter, each with its date, its story and a…
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Mao’s consolidation and land reform
Korean War and Mao’s mass campaigns
Tibet and Xinjiang under Mao
China’s First Five-Year Plan
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Great Leap Forward
Great Chinese Famine
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Cultural Revolution
Down to the Countryside Movement
Sino-Soviet split and Nixon in China
Death and legacy of Mao Zedong
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