The Chinese Revolution and Chinese Communism - Bok av Sirohi - Inbunden
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedongdeclared the creation of the People’s Rlic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun..