 | Chairman Man and Commang-in-General Zhu Reviewed the PLA in 1949 click to open  |
 | Chairman Mao Announced the Foundation fo People's Republic of China on Oct. 1st, 1949 click to open |
 | Mao Zedong (R), Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Jiang Qing and Kang Sheng meet with Red Guards at the onset of Cultural Revolution in August 1966 click to open |
 | Mao ZeDong proposed the Three World ideology in 1974 click to open |
 | U.S. President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung during Nixon's historic trip to Communist China on February 21, 1972 in Peking. During the 1970s, Nixon was pursuing a policy of detente with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The aim was to lessen tensions in various areas of the world, while competing actively in others. At the same time, Nixon was preparing for U.S. diplomatic recognition of China, which eventually happened under President Carter in 1979. A secret Kissinger trip to Beijing in 1971, then Nixon's highly publicized visit in 1972 set the course for the historic change. click to open |
 | Deng Xiaoping with Mao Zedong click to open |
 | Mao ZeDong (Mao-Tse-Toung): during the 1960s Cultural Revolution click to open |
 | Mao Zedong in 1957 click to open |
 | Mao, ZeDong (Mao-Tse-Toung) click to open |
 | Mao Zedong was elected Chinese President at the First National Congress in Sept. 1954 click to open |
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