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. |