• emelia [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      I think it is obvious I don’t know anything about China. Stuff I found out after skimming the Wikipedia articles:
      image of chinese dynasty timelines
      The current dynasties aren’t listed (they probably can’t be called that) and are apparently:

      • Republic of China (see response)
      • People’s Republic of China

      Mao:

      Finally, on 1 October 1949, Communists led by Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China.

      Deng:

      was a Chinese politician who served as the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from December 1978 to November 1989.

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          The ROC was the legitimate government of China for a few decades there. They were so unpopular they lost a civil war with the communists despite initially outnumbering the communists.

          I think it was over 2 million on the ROC side (+western support) and 1.2 million on the communist side.

          They lost all territory that’s not the island of Taiwan, due to the CPC not having a proper navy. They still claim to be the legitimate government of mainland China, it’s not a breakaway state. They literally never surrendered.