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Historic Review of Xibaipo
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| Xibaipo, a village in Pingshan county, is located at the foot of Baipo ridge, which sits astride the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain and on the northern bank of the Hutuo River. From May 1948 to March 1949, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese People's Liberation Army set up their headquarters in Xibaipo. Premier Chou En-lai once observed: "The command post set up in Xibaipo was the last command post in rural area in the later stage of the War of Liberation when Chairman Mao and the Party's Central Committee entered Beiping and liberated the whole country. It was from Xibaipo where the Party's Central Committee commanded the Three Major Campaigns, and convened the Second Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee of the CPC." Premier Chou's words may be considered a fair evaluation of Xibaipo's historical significance.
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