Why didn't Mao Conquer Taiwan? (Short Animated Documentary)

In 1949 Mao won the Chinese Civil War and pushed the Koumintang government into exile in Taiwan. But why didn't he finish the job and Conquer the island, reunifying China in the process? Find out in this short and simple animated documentary.


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Sources:
Relations between the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan: Overview and Chronology by Winberg Chai

Taiwan and China by Lowell Dittmer

Unafraid of the Ghost: The Victim Mentality of Mao Zedong and the Two Taiwan Strait Crises in the 1950s by Kuisong Yang and Sheng Mao

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