Communist China may refer to: People's Republic of China (PRC), the modern state known as "China" Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Communist-controlled China (1927–1949) Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR)

Communist-controlled China or the Revolutionary Base Area of the Communist Party of China, officially called the Soviet Zone from 1927 to 1937, and the Liberated Zone from 1946 to 1949, was the part of the territories of China controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1927 to 1949 during the Republican era and the Chinese Civil War with Nationalist China.