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1949 in China

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Centuries:
  
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1949 in China

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1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Events in the year 1949 in the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

Contents

Incumbents

Republic of China:

  • President Chiang Kai-shek
  • Premiers : Sun Fo, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan

    • People's Republic of China

  • Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
  • Premier – Zhou Enlai

    • September

  • September 27 — The Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí) is a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.

    • October

  • October 1 – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed.
  • October 17 – Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
  • 25–27 October - Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
  • October 27 – Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.

    • December

  • 8 December - The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
  • December 17 – Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
  • December 30 – India recognizes the People's Republic of China.

    • Deaths

  • September 6 – Yang Hucheng, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (born 1893)

    • References

    1949 in China Wikipedia
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