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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

China

Documents, timelines, essays, and other resources related to the modern international history of China. The majority of sources pertain to the domestic political and economic history and evolving global role of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its founding in October 1949 up through the brutal crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

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