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Events on Wednesday 7 December 1949 1
1949Nationalist government retreats to TaiwanChiang Kai-shek relocates the Republic of ChinaAfter losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communists, Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist government evacuated to the island of Taiwan, relocating the Republic of China there. The move created the divide between mainland China and Taiwan that persists today.