What is the significance of 1949 in Chinese history?
Lecture by Dr Chen Jian, Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs, 2008–09, LSE. Professor Chen is currently the Michael J Zak Chair of the History of US China Relations at Cornell University and a distinguished research scholar, writer and teacher. He is author of Mao’s China and the Cold War and China’s Road to the Korean War: the making of the Sino-American confrontation, which is regarded as a modern classic.
