The creation of the People"s Republic of China in 1949 marked the successful climax of a 20 year struggle. Against immense odds Mao had rid China of foreign domination, the Nationalists had been driven off the Chinese mainland and Mao, as head of the CCP, was able to pursue his ideas of socialism and to impose these on the new Republic.Pages 1 to 3 below cover the three key themes for this topic. For videos on Mao go...