evidence: Map comparing administrative divisions as drawn by current PRC and the ROC before 1946. [...] The history of the administrative divisions of China after 1949 refers to the administrative divisions under the People's Republic of China . In 1949, the communist forces initially held scattered fragments of China at the start of the Chinese Civil War . By late 1949, they controlled the majority of mainland China , forcing the Republic of China government to relocate to Taiwan . [...] Administrative divisions of China