The Birth of New China
The Birth of New China

The Birth of New China

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1989•163 min•HistoryDrama
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Gu Yue
Gu Yue
毛泽东
Sun Feihu
Sun Feihu
蒋介石
Huang Kai
Huang Kai
周恩来
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Guo Fazeng
刘少奇
Zhi Yitong
Zhi Yitong
张治中
Lu Qi
Lu Qi
邓小平
In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.
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