Most of China was never formally colonized. So why has twentieth-century China seen itself as so engaged in a struggle against imperialism and colonialism? How did relations between the nationalist Guomindang (GMD) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) change between 1921 and 1949? What were the main policies of the communists under Chairman Mao, once they came to power? What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward, and did it succeed, according to the author? What was the goal of the Cultural Revolution, and did it succeed, according to the author? China is a communist power. Was it a Soviet ally during the Cold War?
Answer:On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. The “fall” of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades
