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The Birth of New China

The Birth of New China

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 21, 1989

Runtime

2h 43m

Genres

History, Drama

User Score

59%

Original Title

开国大典

Production Companies

Changchun Film Studio

Director

Li Qiankuan

Description

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.