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1949 CHINA/DEFENCE: China and it's leaders struggle to overcome effects of WWII
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1:56Now PlayingDate: 27th January 1949
Location: China
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: China's Struggle
CHINA:
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Japanese airplanes bomb Republic of China (ROC) in 1937 under the government of Chiang Kai-shek (Chairman of National Military Council and Republic of China 1928-1948). China struggles to recover, improves after talks with Britain and the USA. Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) and Franklin Roosevelt (FDR, American President) shown. Internal struggles after the retirement of Chiang Kai-shek and rise of Mao Tse-tung (leader of Communist Party and People's Republic of China 1949-1976). CPC, CRC, Mao Zedong, Chinese, 1940s, 1940's, nineteen forties.
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