AdvertisementTIMELINE: China Under Communist RuleOctober 29, 2012facebookEmailMao Zedong proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 1949. (AFP/Getty Image)
Mao Zedong proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 1949. (AFP/Getty Image)