
After winning the three major campaigns during the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party launched the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign and started advancing nationwide. At 3pm on 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China. At the end of the same year, the Kuomintang of China moved to Taiwan. The division of governance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait continues to this day.
After winning the three major campaigns during the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party launched the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign and started advancing nationwide. At 3pm on 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China. At the end of the same year, the Kuomintang of China moved to Taiwan. The division of governance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait continues to this day.
In April 1949, the People’s Liberation Army launched the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign. It quickly captured the important cities along the Yangtze River and started to advance nationwide.
The People’s Republic of China was founded on 1 October 1949, opening a new chapter in China’s modern history.
Knowing that the situation could not be reversed in the later stage of the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang of China stepped up its deployment for the move to Taiwan. It officially moved to Taiwan in 1949. The division of governance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait continues to this day.