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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 

Since July 1946, China has been torn apart by civil war between the Communist forces of MAO TSE-TUNG and the Nationalist forces (Kuomintang) of General TCHANG KAI CHEK. Slowly the Communist gained terrain and in December of 1948 they took siege of Peking. In April 1949, the Communist forces cross the Yangzi river and take the controll of Nanking the 23rd of April. 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. One of the last war lords,... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Marshal YEN SI CHAN. He is... 

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CHINA. Nankin. Mid-April 1949. Last session of the nationalist... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Nationalist soldiers looking... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Refugees of the civil war.... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Refugees of the civil war.... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Peasants rest at the foot... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Refugees. 

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CHINA. Nankin. 22 April 1949. At Nankin Airport, members of the... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949.
"Le défilé interminable des... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Peasants refugees camp out... 

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CHINA. Nankin. 22 April 1949. In Nankin, defeat of the Kuomintang.... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. With their few belongings... 

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CHINA. Nankin. 23 April 1949. A street in Nanjing where small... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. 7 a.m. A column of soldiers... 

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CHINA. Nankin. 23 April 1949. In Nankin, looters take away furnitures,... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. As the first soldiers of... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Students post their drawings... 

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Université de Nankin. 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. A canal that joins the Yangtse... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Soldiers of the People's... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Soldiers of the People's... 
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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Soldiers of the People's... 
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CHINA. Nankin. May 1949. The soldiers of the People's Army are... 
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CHINA. Nankin. May 1949. On the right, the protective wall of... 
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CHINA. Nankin. April 1949. Mao's portrait, near a crowd of students... 
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CHINA. Shanghai. 10 June 1949. Near the famous lions at Hong... 
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CHINA. Nankin. Mid-April 1949. On the Yangtze, small boats, sampans... 
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CHINA. Nankin. 26 April 1949. Hand-painted posters by students... 
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CHINA. Nankin. Mid-April 1949. People are waiting to board for... 
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