Mao Tse-Tung1 October 1949
Stands at the Forbidden City & proclaims, "The Chinese people have stood up". Proclaims the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in Tiananmen Square
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Stands at the Forbidden City & proclaims, "The Chinese people have stood up". Proclaims the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in Tiananmen Square
Chiang and his Kuomingtang Government flee to Taiwan while Mao Zedong proclaims the Peoples Republic of China (1.2 million have died in three years)
Holds absolute power from 1950-76
In the Politburo introduces a motion to retain the office of President
Reintroduces the Peoples Political Consultative Conference for a common united front. Allows 8 small non-communist parties to be re-instated to keep a "united front"
The 5th National Peoples Congress adopts a new constitution for China
The 6th National Peoples Congress adpots new Civil Law of the Peoples Republic of China
Secret ballots are introduced to elect members to the National Peoples Congress. For the 1st time in 30 yrs there are more candidates than seats in Central Committee. Advocates dispersal of power at the Thirteenth Party Congress
Dengs vision for economic success and a new socialist market model became entrenched in the Communist Party constitution in 1997 as Deng Xiaoping Theory
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