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* the Agrarian Reform (1949–52) resulting in the execution of several million landlords;  
* the Agrarian Reform (1949–52) resulting in the execution of several million landlords;  
* invasion and take-over of Tibet (1950), promising Tibetan autonomy but eventually establishing a Chinese military dictatorship that killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans, confiscated or destroyed monasteries and religious scriptures, stripped the people of their private property, and reorganized the country into peasant associations;  
* invasion and take-over of [[Tibet]] (1950), promising Tibetan autonomy but eventually establishing a Chinese military dictatorship that killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans, confiscated or destroyed monasteries and religious scriptures, stripped the people of their private property, and reorganized the country into peasant associations;  
* campaign against counterrevolutionaries (1951–52, 1955), leaving one and a half million dead in the first 12 months;  
* campaign against counterrevolutionaries (1951–52, 1955), leaving one and a half million dead in the first 12 months;  
* purges in business, finance, and industrial circles leading to many executions and suicides (1951–53);  
* purges in business, finance, and industrial circles leading to many executions and suicides (1951–53);