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Chinese Communist Party: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Zhongguo Gongchan Dang • Chung-kuo Kung-ch’an Tang • Communist Party of China • CCP • CPC
Date 1921 - present
Areas Of Involvement communism
Related People Mao Zedong • Lin Biao • Zhu De • Chen Boda • Li Dazhao • Ye Jianying • Chen Yi • Peng Dehuai • Li Lisan • Zhou Enlai • Liu Shaoqi • Chen Duxiu • Xi Jinping • Bo Xilai • Wang Hongwen

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Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong (center) leading the Chinese communists on the Long March with Zhou Enlai (left) and Zhu De (right), Jiangxi, China, 1935
Mao Zedong, 1967
Deng Xiaoping, 1978
Xi Jinping, 2017
China: Cultural Revolution
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