Communism In China

By the end of WWII, the Chinese Communists had gained control of Northern China and were fighting a civil war against the Nationalists led by Jiang Jieshi. Mao Zedong's Communist forces swept to victory, establishing the People's Republic of China. The Nationalists fled to Taiwan under Jiang. The Communists won due to support from peasants unhappy with landlords and taxes, growing discontent with the Nationalists' economic policies and corruption, and control of the countryside allowing them to cut off and capture Nationalist cities. After this victory, the Communists conquered Tibet in 1950.