In 1949, Mao Zedong stood in Tiananmen Square to proclaim a new China
After decades of civil war and foreign invasion, Mao Zedong stood atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to announce a radical shift in global power and the birth of a communist superpower.
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong officially proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China before a crowd of 300,000 people in Beijing. This moment marked the end of a brutal civil war against the Nationalist forces and concluded what many Chinese citizens called the 'Century of Humiliation' by foreign powers.
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