Before communism took shape, China was ruled by empires after empires for at least 2000 years, the last of them being the Qing dynasty. China established itself as a great power in the 18th century.
By the end of the 19th century, its glory began to wane; China lost the Opium Wars to Britain, and the Treaty of Nanking gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain while unrest prevailed in the country. After the Boxer Revolution in the 1900s, Sun Yat-sen led the Republican Revolution in which the Qing Dynasty was overthrown by the People’s Republic.
This could not bring in peace. China was invaded by Japan and war followed. In addition to it, the communists and nationalists struggled for power. Mao Zedong came to power in this situation. Mao spread communist ideas and influenced thousands of Chinese. After a series of campaigns, he established the People’s Republic of China, overthrowing the Kuomintang government. Since then, China is a communist country.
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