Historical Figure

Lin Biao

Nationality: Song dynasty

Associated Events

Revolution1946 CE – 1949 CE

Chinese Communist Revolution

Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party defeated Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government in the Chinese Civil War, proclaiming the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

Revolution1966 CE – 1976 CE

Chinese Cultural Revolution

Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution to reassert his authority and purge "capitalist roaders" and "counter-revolutionaries," mobilizing millions of Red Guards in a campaign of mass persecution that killed an estimated 500,000 to 2 million people and destroyed vast amounts of China's cultural heritage.