History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)
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| Location | China | ||
| Including | Cold War | ||
| Leader(s) | Mao Zedong | ||
| President(s) | Mao Zedong Liu Shaoqi Soong Ching-ling (acting) Dong Biwu (acting) | ||
| Prime Minister(s) | Zhou Enlai | ||
| Key events | Proclamation of the People's Republic of China Korean War Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution Vietnam War | ||
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The time period in China from the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 until Mao's death in 1976 is commonly known as Maoist China and Red China.[1] The history of the People's Republic of China is often divided distinctly by historians into the Mao era and the post-Mao era. The country's Mao era lasted from the founding of the People's republic on October 1, 1949[2][3] to Deng Xiaoping's consolidation of power and policy reversal at the Third plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on December 22, 1978. The Mao era focuses on Mao Zedong's social movements from the early 1950s on, including land reform, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.[4][5] The Great Chinese Famine, one of the worst famines in human history,[6][7][8] occurred during this era.
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- ^ Peaslee, Amos J. (1956), "Data Regarding the 'People's Republic of China'", Constitutions of Nations, 'Vol. I, 2nd ed.', Dordrecht: Springer, p. 533, ISBN 978-9401771252
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help). - ^ Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2004), "Introduction", History of Modern China, New Delhi: Atlantic, p. 1, ISBN 978-8126903153.
- ^ Jonathan Fenby, The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power 1850 to the Present (3rd ed. 2019) pp 353–530.
- ^ Immanuel C.Y. Hsü, The Rise of Modern China, 6th ed. (Oxford University Press, 1999). pp 645–830.
- ^ Smil, Vaclav (December 18, 1999). "China's great famine: 40 years later". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 319 (7225): 1619–1621. doi:10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1619. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1127087. PMID 10600969.
- ^ Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Yared, Pierre (2015). "The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959–1961" (PDF). Review of Economic Studies. 82 (4): 1568–1611. doi:10.1093/restud/rdv016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ Hasell, Joe; Roser, Max (October 10, 2013). "Famines". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.