In 1969, Mao Sedong annointed Lin Biao as his heir apparent
Mao Zedong dies at the age of 75
The Proclamation of the People's Republic of China occurs in 1949
The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement, was a period in 1956 in the People's Republic of China during which the Communist Party of China encouraged its citizens to express openly their opinions of the communist regime.
During the Cultural Revolution, religous practice is condemned as absolutistic.