Migration to Taiwan (1949)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Migration_to_Taiwan_(1949)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Retreat
Kuomintang retreat to Taiwan
gptkbp:category gptkb:Chinese_diaspora
gptkb:History_of_Taiwan
20th-century migrations
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Chinese_Civil_War
gptkbp:endDate 1950
gptkbp:followedBy White Terror in Taiwan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Migration to Taiwan (1949)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Taiwan
gptkb:Mainland_China
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Chiang_Kai-shek
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees approximately 1.2 million
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_government
gptkb:Chinese_Communist_Party
gptkb:Kuomintang
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Chinese_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Guningtou
gptkb:Establishment_of_People's_Republic_of_China
Retreat to Kinmen and Matsu
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of Republic of China government in Taiwan
mass migration of soldiers, officials, and civilians
gptkbp:significance led to cross-strait relations issues
reshaped Taiwan's demographics
gptkbp:startDate 1949
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Local_Church_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7