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China National Day: Mao Zedong and the Founding of New China

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China’s National Day on October 1 commemorates the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Explore Mao Zedong’s role in establishing New China, early industrialization, the First Five-Year Plan, and the development strategies that shaped China’s subsequent transformation.
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With pompous promises of a new era of prosperity and the end of centuries-old tyranny, on this day, October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong came to the head of China. Hardly anyone then guessed that the glittering medal of the so-called “savior of the nation” also had its other, dark side. Namely, Mao's utopian vision of a just society and prosperity soon collapsed like a tower of cards, and the man who presented himself as a liberator became the architect …

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On October 1, 1949, with the announcement of the formation of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong, the balance of power in Asia changed; an event that, in addition to ending the Chinese civil wars, marked the beginning of decades of diplomatic tension and political crisis in relations between Washington and Beijing.

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People's Review broke the news on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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