Editing Cultural Revolution (section)

===Creation of the People's Republic===
{{Main|Proclamation of the People's Republic of China}}

On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China, symbolically bringing the decades-long [[Chinese Civil War]] to a close. Remaining [[Republic of China|Republican]] forces fled to [[Geography of Taiwan|Taiwan]] and continued to resist the People's Republic in various ways. Many soldiers of the Chinese Republicans were left in mainland China, and Mao Zedong launched the [[Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries]] to eliminate these soldiers left behind, as well as elements of Chinese society viewed as potentially dangerous to Mao's new government.