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Why did Mao Zedong change the name to PRC instead of proclaiming himself the new leader of ROC after Chiang Kai-Shek and the KMT fled to Taiwan?
But why not keep the original name and just change the political system?
It's possible that Mao saw the name change as a symbolic break from the past and a way to establish a new identity for China as a communist nation.