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Independence of China

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1949–1975Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1949

Mao Tse-Tung1 October 1949

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Russia gives immediate recognition to the Peoples Republic of China

Mao Tse-Tung1949

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Recognizes Ho Chi Minhs Vietminh as the legitimate Government of Vietnam

1950

Mao Tse-Tung6 January 1950

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Britain recognizes the Republic of China

1975

Chou En-LaiJune 1975

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Visited by Sihanouk, Chou asserts China must build a "neutral, independent Kampuchea"

Names involved

Chou En-LaiMao Tse-Tung

Provenance

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