1991 Death Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide 1976 Event Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow 1976 Event Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon 1966 Event Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River 1958 Event Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China 1950 Event Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea 1935 Event Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1935 Event Mao Tse Tung's army reaches Shanxi 1934 Event Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1931 Event Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung