Ep. 61 | The First Twelve Months of the PRC

The China History Podcast
Written by Laszlo Montgomery

Today we jump over much of the history of the 1940s and zero in on the moment when the PRC was officially established on Oct 1, 1949. Today’s podcast episode offers a general overview of the first year of the PRC and some of the multitude of challenges Mao and China’s new leaders faced.

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