The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976 · THE MAP IN SEP 1971

Map of China in September 1971

Lin Biao’s flight; Beijing takes China’s UN seat · Mao era

China in September 1971: Lin Biao’s flight; Beijing takes China’s UN seat. The map shows who held what: PRC province — the new order established, Beijing’s adversaries, Beijing’s allies and friends.

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Map of China in September 1971 (Mao era): Lin Biao’s flight; Beijing takes China’s UN seat. Colours show PRC province — the new order established, Beijing’s adversaries, Beijing’s allies and friends. — SEP 1971 · THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC UNDER MAO, 1949–1976

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · US Office of the Historian — Sino-Soviet border clashes, 1969 · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · United Nations Command — 1951–1953 armistice negotiations · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · Natural Earth 10m — provincial study-region reference · Government of India — notes exchanged with China, White Paper VIII, 1962 · Natural Earth 10m island components; FRUS 1955 evacuation chronology · Barry Naughton — The Third Front: Defence Industrialization in the Chinese Interior, 1988 · Man Xu — regional scope of Third Front development, thesis figure 4-5

Source details

US Office of the Historian — Sino-Soviet border clashes, 1969. Historical facts consulted; original prose and artwork not republished
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
United Nations Command — 1951–1953 armistice negotiations. Historical facts consulted; original prose and artwork not republished
Natural Earth. Public domain
Natural Earth 10m — provincial study-region reference. Public domain
Government of India — notes exchanged with China, White Paper VIII, 1962. Historical facts consulted; original prose and artwork not republished
Natural Earth 10m island components; FRUS 1955 evacuation chronology. Natural Earth public domain; historical facts consulted
Barry Naughton — The Third Front: Defence Industrialization in the Chinese Interior, 1988. Historical facts consulted; original prose and artwork not republished
Man Xu — regional scope of Third Front development, thesis figure 4-5. Historical facts consulted; original prose and artwork not republished

Provincial colors show standardized Natural Earth study regions, with Hainan included in Guangdong and Chongqing in Sichuan. External boundaries follow dated historical sources; the map does not claim to show changes in internal provincial administrations.

proxy: 1964–1971 · proxy: 1971.75 · reconstruction: 1963 source boundary reference after withdrawal · reconstruction: 1971.75 · vector: 1953-07-27 · vector: 1971.75

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