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HISTORY. In the course of 1949 the Communists obtained full control of the mainland of China, and in 1950 also over most islands off the coast (but not Taiwan see below). On 1 Oct. 1949 Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. For the early history of the Communist régime se. The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1992–93, p. 355. Most prominent leader during this period was sometime Party Leader Deng Xiaoping, who resigned from the Politburo in Nov. 1987 and from the chairmanship of the Military Commissions in Nov. 1989.
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Hunter, B. (1994). China. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271234_41
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