Congratulating Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 70th anniversary of the Communist revolution – after denouncing socialism repeatedly – US President Donald Trump baffled and infuriated his domestic critics and allies alike.
It was on October 1, 1949 that Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, as the US-backed nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek retreated to the island of Taiwan.
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