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==People's Republic: 1949 - present==

==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|300px|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 off the mainland 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.

With Soviet aid Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and the Communists drove the KMT off the mainland 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.

2013 the government eased the One-child Policy strongly. Since then families in which at least one parent was an only child can have a second child now.<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/china-ease-1-child-policy-abolish-labor-camps</ref>

2013 the government eased the One-child Policy strongly. Since then families in which at least one parent was an only child can have a second child now.<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/china-ease-1-child-policy-abolish-labor-camps</ref>

[[File:Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing China.jpg|thumb|right|340px|In front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.]]

[[File:Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing China.jpg|thumb|right|300px|In front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.]]

====Campaign against the rightist====

====Campaign against the rightist====

====Post-Deng China====

====Post-Deng China====

Deng's health deteriorated in the years prior to his death in 1997. [[Jiang Zemin]] gradually assumed control of the day-to-day functions of government. In November 2002, [[Hu Jintao]] was selected leader. In 1992, he had been designated by Deng Xiaoping as the "core" of the fourth generation leaders. On March 14, 2013 [[Xi Jinping]] was "elected" as new president.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9929619/Xi-Jinping-elected-Chinas-president-Telegraph-dispatch.html</ref>

Deng's health deteriorated in the years prior to his death in 1997. [[Jiang Zemin]] gradually assumed control of the day-to-day functions of government. In November 2002, [[Hu Jintao]] was selected leader. In 1992, he had been designated by Deng Xiaoping as the "core" of the fourth generation leaders. On March 14, 2013 [[Xi Jinping]] was "elected" as new president.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9929619/Xi-Jinping-elected-Chinas-president-Telegraph-dispatch.html</ref>

[[File:National Stadium, Beijing.jpg|thumb|250px|National Stadium, Beijing.]]

[[File:National Stadium, Beijing.jpg|thumb|300px|National Stadium, Beijing.]]

China's "economic miracle" since it was granted [[Most Favored Nation]] (MFN) status by the U.S. Congress in 2002, and access to the U.S. consumer market, led to unprecedented economic growth and better living conditions for millions of Chinese. It also strengthened the grip of the anti-democratic [[Chinese Communist Party]] over people's everyday lives, and the loss of manufacturing jobs for consumer products in the United States.

China's "economic miracle" since it was granted [[Most Favored Nation]] (MFN) status by the U.S. Congress in 2002, and access to the U.S. consumer market, led to unprecedented economic growth and better living conditions for millions of Chinese. It also strengthened the grip of the anti-democratic [[Chinese Communist Party]] over people's everyday lives, and the loss of manufacturing jobs for consumer products in the United States.