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Name: People's Republic of China

Type: Polity

Start: 1949 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: china

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People's Republic of China

This article is about the specific polity People's Republic of China and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in East Asia that covers mainland China, and is the last form of the Chinese State and Chinese Civilization that started with the Xia Dynasty around 2070 BC. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. It is a Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic that emerged after the end of the long Chinese Civil War and of World War II.

Establishment

October 1949: Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China.

October 1949: Expansion of Communist forces by mid 1949 during the Chinese Civil War.

October 1949: Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China.

October 1949: The KMT government retreated to Canton (Guangzhou) until October 15.

November 1949: Youyang (酉阳), Xiushan and Enshi fall into Communist hands.

November 1949: Chonqqing conquered by People's Republic of China.

December 1949: The Chinese Civil War resulted in the Republic of China's loss of mainland China to the Chinese Communist Party and retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Although the Republic of China government continued to claim to be the legitimate representative of China, since 1950 its effective jurisdiction has been limited to Taiwan and numerous smaller islands. Government moved to Taipei 7 December 1949.

December 1949: Guangxi province conquered by People's Republic of China.

December 1949: Chengdu campaign.

Chronology

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1. Chinese Civil War

Was a civil war fought in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. The war continued intermittently for more than twenty years, and overlappes with the Second Sino-Japanese War that started in 1937 with the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in 1949, forcing the leadership of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan.

1.1.War in Xinjiang

Was the theatre of war of the Chinese Civil war in Xinjiang, where the First and Second East Turkestan Republic were founded.

1.2.Second Phase (Chinese Civil War)

Was the second phase of the Chinese Civil War. The war had been interrupted by the Japanese invasion of China in 1937. After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Chinese Civil War resumed in 1945.

January 1950: Battle of Bamianshan.

February 1950: Battle of Tianquan.

May 1950: Battle of Yiwu.

1.2.1.Creation of the two Chinas

On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. At the same time the Republic of China continued to exist in Taiwan.

1.2.2.Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County

Was a military campaign by the communists against the nationalists in Sichuan during the Chinese Civil War.

1.2.3.Guangxi Campaign

Was a campaign fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War. It resulted in a victory for the communists and the capture of Guangxi province.

1.2.4.Insular Campaigns

Were a series of battles for the control of the islands in the Taiwan Strait after the communists had taken over mainland China and the nationalists had moved to Taiwan.

March 1950: Battle of Nan'ao Island.

May 1950: Battle of Hainan Island.

August 1950: Wanshan Archipelago Campaign.

August 1950: Battle of Nanpéng Island.

May 1953: Battle of Dalushan Islands.

July 1953: Dongshan Island Campaign.

2. Invasion of Tibet (1950)

Was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China that resulted in the annexion of Tibet.

May 1951: Tibetan representatives in Beijing and the PRC Government signed the Seventeen Point Agreement on 23 May 1951, authorizing the PLA presence and Central People's Government rule in Political Tibet.

3. Allied withdrawals after World War II

Was a series of withdrawals from territories occupied by the Allies during World War II in the aftermath of the war.

October 1955: Kwantung returned to China.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1950: Chiang Hung was dissolved in 1949 with the creation of the People's Republic of China, when the last ruler Dao Shixun was deposed and given a prestigious position in the institutions of Yunnan province.

October 1960: On 28 January 1960 a treaty was signed by China and Burma to delimit most of their border, which was later completed with a full delimitation treaty signed on 1 October 1960, with both sides ceding small areas along the border.

March 1963: Pakistan ceded the Shaksgam valley to China on March 3, 1963 while the territorial dispute over Kashmir wit India had not yet been resolved. For this reason, India has not recognized the cession and claims possession of the valley.

January 2000: In 1999, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Tajikistan signed the "China-Tajikistan Boundary Agreement," which established the border between China and Tajikistan to the north of the Uzbeli Pass.

January 2011: The Tajikistan parliament ratifies a deal ceding approximately 1000 square kilometers to China, while China renounces all further territorial claims in Tajikistan.