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Events in the year 1949 in the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
Republic of China:
People's Republic of China:
- Chairman of the Government: Mao Zedong
- Premier: Zhou Enlai
Events
July
- Tropical storm Irma kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in Shanghai, the worst typhoon on record in the city.
September
- 27 September — The Flag of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国旗; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國旗; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó guóqí) is a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars.[1]
October
- 1 October – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed in Beijing
- 17 October – Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou.
- 25–27 October - Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen, Fujian
- 27 October – Chinese communist troops fail to take Kinmen in the Battle of Kuningtou; their advance towards Taiwan is halted.
December
- 8 December - The government of the Republic of China finishes its evacuation to Taiwan, and declares Taipei its temporary capital city.
- 17 December – Burma recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- 30 December – India recognizes the People's Republic of China.
Deaths
- September 6 – Yang Hucheng, a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War (born 1893)
See also
References
- ↑ 1949年9月27日 中华人民共和国国旗诞生 [September 27, 1949: The Birth of PRC's Flag] (in Chinese). CPC News. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
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