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339. Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising (Ep 2)
Season 29 · Episode 2

339. Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising (Ep 2)

Empire: World History

March 5, 202651m 48s

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Show Notes

Why did the communists and nationalists join forces with the USSR during the Chinese Civil War? When did the nationalists purge communists in what is known as the “White Terror”? Why did 80,000 communists walk across the country in the “Long March”, and how is this retreat reframed in Chinese political memory today?

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William and Anita are joined once again by Rana Mitter, author of A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World, and Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, to discuss the Chinese Civil War and the Long March. 

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