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The half-century since the Communists took power in China may be divided into two main phases: a revolutionary phase, which lasted until the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, and a pragmatic phase, which extended to the death of Deng Xiaoping in 1997 and which still continues.
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Roberts, J.A.G. (1999). China since the 1949 Revolution. In: A History of China. Palgrave Essential Histories. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27704-9_7
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