QUESTION:
China's 5,000 year-long history has seen many rulers come and go; from the first Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, in 221 BC to the modern-day Chairman Mao Zedong and the reformer, Deng Xiaoping.

Each has added their own pages to China's often tumultuous history, but perhaps history will remember the founder of the modern-day People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao Zedong, as being the one who was able to bring China to its rightful place in the world.

When did Chairman Mao Ze Dong stand at the Gate of Heavenly Peace and proclaim the founding of the People's Republic of China?

A. December 26, 1893
B. July 1, 1949
C. October 1, 1949
D. January 1, 1949

ANSWERS:
C is correct! The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949 by Chairman Mao Zedong from the Gate of Heavenly Peace, overlooking Tiananmen Square. Today a massive portrait hangs allowing Mao to watch over the republic that he founded.