Protect the country and defend the homeland

Author: Qin Li (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: At the beginning of the founding of the New China, the country faced severe tests of internal and external turmoil. Domestically, the remnants of the Kuomintang and bandits stirred up trouble, attempting to stage a last-ditch resistance. On the Korean Peninsula, the United States rashly interfered with the unification process of Korea, igniting the war near the Yalu River and posing a serious threat to China's security. In this critical moment, leaders like Mao Zedong of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) formulated strategies and led the people in a battle to protect the homeland. After more than three years of struggle, large-scale banditry within the country was suppressed, and the United States was compelled to sign the Korean Armistice Agreement. Peng Dehuai proudly declared: "The era when Western invaders could dominate a country by merely placing a few cannons on the eastern coast has come to an end!"