1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 2:05 a.m.

The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World ...