the chinese revolution of 1949

What was the position of Moscow in all this? Initially the Red Army allowed the PLA to strengthen its positions in Manchuria. ... Chiang Kai-shek and the US imperialists were terrified at the prospect of a Communist takeover of Manchuria after the Soviet departure. ..

notable deaths in 2019

Markovic, seen by critics as a Lady Macbeth figure goading her husband on to crush his enemies and defy the West, died in a hospital in Moscow, where she had lived in exile since fleeing Serbia in 2003 to evade prosecution on abuse of office charges. ..

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