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“The announcement of the creation of the Peoples’ Republic of China on October 1, 1949 by Mao Zedong ended the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (KMT).” – Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

The proclamation at Tiananmen on October 1, 1949 is conventionally treated as the closing act of the Chinese Civil War, but a critical elaboration must weigh that symbolic finality against the fact that organised fighting, and the underlying political rupture, both continued well beyond that date.

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  • The Case for "Ended": Military and Political Finality
  • The Case Against "Ended": Continuing War and Unresolved Conflict
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