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China 70th anniversary

Chinese soldiers march in formation during a rehearsal before commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing Source: (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The People’s Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, after Mao Zedong's Communist Party defeated the Nationalist Party in a civil war.


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