{"id":91568,"date":"2019-10-06T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=91568"},"modified":"2019-10-06T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:45:58","slug":"chinas-70th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=91568","title":{"rendered":"China’s 70th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map of Pag-asa Island – China’s property<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This month is the 70th anniversary of Mao Tse-Tung’s establishment of a communist dictatorship in China. Xi JinPing may have taken his place, and China may be thriving in the material sense, through its manufacturing and exporting base, but things have really not changed at all.<\/p>\n

When World War II ended, and before the Korean War split the Korean peninsula into two parts, Mao Tse-Tung had not yet seized control of China from Chiang Kai Chek. \u00a0The\u00a0Republic of China’s retreat to Taiwan<\/strong>, also known as the\u00a0Kuomintang retreat to Taiwan<\/strong>\u00a0or (in Taiwan) “The Great Retreat<\/strong>” refers to the exodus of the remnants of the\u00a0Kuomintang<\/a>-ruled\u00a0government<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Republic of China<\/a>\u00a0to the island of\u00a0Taiwan<\/a>\u00a0in December 1949 at the end of the\u00a0Chinese Civil War<\/a>. The\u00a0Kuomintang<\/a>\u00a0(KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party), its officers and approximately 2 million\u00a0troops<\/a> took part in the retreat; in addition to many civilians and refugees, fleeing from the advances of the\u00a0Communist<\/a>\u00a0People’s Liberation Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Troops mostly fled to Taiwan from provinces in southern China, including\u00a0Sichuan Province<\/a>, where the\u00a0last stand<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Republic of China’s main army<\/a>\u00a0took place. The flight to Taiwan took place over four months after\u00a0Mao Zedong<\/a>\u00a0had proclaimed the founding of the\u00a0People’s Republic of China<\/a>\u00a0in Beijing on October 1, 1949.<\/p>\n

At this point, Mao Tse-Tung seized control of mainland China and held it from October 1, 1949<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 September 27, 1954, at which time Chiang Kai-Chek took his army and set up government on the island of Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Mao thought Trofim Lysenko’s notions of agriculture were a great idea, and with a population of over 1 billion to support, he really did not care if any of them starved when he inflicted that crap on them. When my brother and sister and I were in grade school, if we didn’t clean our plates at dinner, our father would get mad at us and tell us that “people were starving to death in China”. We thought it was a joke. We had no idea that it was reality.<\/p>\n

What happened after Mao took control of mainland China became what is now China’s darkest side, the one hidden from the general public, not discussed but – well, everyone knows about it. They just don’t talk about it. During those protests in Tiannanmen Square, students were arrested, some executed and their families were sent a bill for services. But the Chinese government’s response to it was a classic: “That did not happen here in Beijing”, even if it was broadcast live on TV for the world to see.<\/p>\n

Per this article by Yaqui Wang, from the LA Times, the hidden “dark” government is the real China, not the cheerfully advancing, tech-laden, coal-powered government that exports manufactured goods to the USA and the rest of the world. The human cost? China doesn’t really care, so keep yer yap shut.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2019-09-30\/china-repression-communist-party-70th-anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n

Seventy years into the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s rule, millions of people now live in the China that promises material comfort and convenience, and projects political unity. But they all live in fear of \u201cthe other China\u201d\u2014 a reality the party\u2019s top brass relies on to maintain control.<\/p>\n

Yaqiu Wang is a China researcher at Human Rights Watch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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