Am 1. Oktober 1949, als die besiegten Kuomintang-Truppen von Chiang Kai-chek nach Taiwan flohen, erklärte Mao Tsetung, sei China "auferstanden".
On October 1, 1949, as Chiang Kai-chek's defeated Kuomintang (KMT) troops fled for Taiwan, Mao Zedong declared that "China has stood up."