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The Chinese Revolution 1949
By 1949 it was clear that the Communists were going to win
The KMT fled to Taiwan
- With the Chinese Gold reserves
The USSR found itself with a powerful and huge new ally.
Republicans in the US blamed the Democrat Truman for being too weak towards Communism and ‘losing China’
Fed hysteria in the US and seemed to vindicate the Domino Theory.