History glossary
Chinese Communist Party
The revolutionary party founded in 1921 that won the mainland civil war and founded the People’s Republic of China..
- Category
- Political party
- Region
- China
- Date range
- from 1921
What it means
The revolutionary party founded in 1921 that won the mainland civil war and founded the People’s Republic of China.
Stories using this term
Mao's China
After 1949, Mao transformed China through party rule, collectivisation, ideological campaigns, and mass upheaval, leaving a legacy of power, trauma, and state continuity.
The Rise of China
After Mao, China combined market reform with one-party rule, using exports, cities, technology, and nationalism to become one of the world's most powerful states.
The Chinese Civil War
From a broken revolutionary alliance to Communist victory and the Nationalist retreat to Taiwan, a civil war remade China and left an unresolved divide.
