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Line 123: − In the face of economic collapse the Communists won the civil war in 1949 under Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Mao established a totalitarian Stalinist regime, driving the KMT to [[Taiwan]], which has always remained a separate independent sovereign republic apart from the PRC.+
→People's Republic: 1949 - present
[[Image:PRCFounding.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mao Zedong]] proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949.]]
[[Image:PRCFounding.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mao Zedong]] proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949.]]
{{Main article|People's Republic of China}}
{{Main article|People's Republic of China}}
With Soviet aid Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and the Communists drove the KMT to [[Taiwan]] in 1949. Mao established a totalitarian Stalinist regime under the CCP, which never in its history was chosen by the people of the Chinese mainland in a [[democracy|democratic]] election to lead them. Taiwan has always remained a separate independent sovereign republic, apart from the PRC.
Mao liquidated millions of opponents of [[leftism]], saying,
Mao liquidated millions of opponents of [[leftism]], saying,