Thinking Space: Contemporary China in 60 years (1949 - 1954)

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Contemporary China in 60 years (1949 - 1954)

The 1st of October is the Independence Day of China. This year it is the 60th anniversary. I use twelve posts with a total 60 classic photos (5-year period in each post) to summarize the 60-year history of China. Hopefully the photos and my comments would help the Thinking Space readers understand better about China and Chinese people in the contemporary age.

1949: Declaration of Independence (开国大典)

Mao Zedong (on the left) and Liu Shaoqi (on the right) stood on the top of Tiananmen , ready to announce the independence of People's Republic of China.

These two close comrades eventually departed from each other several years later when they started to pursue different plots on the future of China. The fight between the two routes composed the main melody of the contemporary Chinese history until today.

1950: Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship (中苏友好条约)

Zhou Enlai (the Premier) was signing on the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship in Moscow with Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong stood on the background.

This is one of the most influential contract signed in the history of contemporary China. On the positive side, the main infrastructure of industry of modern China was built because of the treaty by the help of Soviet Union. ...

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