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Loss of China

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In American political discourse, the "loss of China" is the unexpected Chinese Communist Party coming to power in mainland China from the U.S.-backed Chinese Kuomintang government in 1949 and therefore the "loss of China to communism."

Loss of China - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1949 US political crisis This article is about the American reaction to the communist victory in China. For the war itself, see The Chinese Civil War . For the KMT retreat, see Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan . In American political discourse, the " loss of China " refers to the unexpected victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the U.S.-backed Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang government at the end of the Chinese Civil War . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The defeat of Chiang Kai-shek's government was a

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