Following the fall of mainland China to the Chinese communists and the subseqent establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1,1949, the government of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek began withdrawing it's forces from the mainland to Taiwan.
The government of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek began withdrawing it's forces from the mainland to Taiwan. This was following the fall of mainland China to the Chinese communists on October 1,1949. This was following the fall of mainland China to the subseqent establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1,1949.