Relations have been bitter since 1949, when the victorious Communists expelled missionaries and formed a rival "patriotic" church.

Tall white monuments emblazoned with the gold star of Vietnam proclaim the cemeteries as the resting places of heroes among the victorious Communists.

After the collapse of NDH in 1945, Tito's victorious Communists also recognised the importance of the film industry and decided to build their own.

"I'm so happy, but mostly for my father," whose property was confiscated after World War II by the victorious Communists.

The economy was heavily disrupted by the war against Japan and the Chinese Civil War from 1937 to 1949, after which the victorious Communists installed a planned economy.

He led ceremonies in his village right up to 1949, when the victorious Communists started to suppress what were seen as superstitious rites.

Soong was held in great esteem by the victorious Communists, who reckoned her as a link between their movement and Sun's earlier movement.

In 1958, the cooperatives were co-opted by the victorious Communists, who merged them into state-run communes.

After being chased out of China by the victorious Communists, they had established bases in eastern Burma, and it took several years in the early 1950s to drive them out.

The victorious Communists continued to maintain a propaganda troupe even after seizing power in 1975.