A passage revised during the review of
"Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Situation in Japan"
(June 12, 1950)

The history of the communist movement since its inception, and particularly the history since the Second World War, runs counter to all the delusions of the reactionaries of all ages, of the imperialists of various countries, and of the present U.S. imperialists. The history of the reactionaries is a history of defeats, while the history of the revolutionary people is a history of victories. At times the reactionaries may appear rampant, scoring some "victories" in suppressing the people, but in the end they invariably fail. At times the revolutionary people may suffer some setbacks, but in the end they invariably triumph. This is how the history of the whole world is written, without exception. The victory of the Chinese people's revolution is the most recent proof.