Context

Establishment of the PRC

The Chinese Civil War was borne from an ideological split between the Nationalist party and the Communist Party of China.  The two factions fought for control of the whole of China, which eventually led to its division into the ROC and the PRC (Taiwan). It is marked by a series of both foreign and domestic engagements.The war began in 1927 and ended around 1950. The last three years of the war is often called the War of Liberation, and it focused on the conflict between the Communists and the Nationalists. The Communists, led by Mao and Lin bao eventually defeated the Nationalists, led by Jiang Jishei. 

PLA enters Peking