User blog comment:General tiu/Green Dam Girl/@comment-24.45.190.144-20101128020125/@comment-24.45.190.144-20101128054650

Yeah, I remember learning a bit in world history class about the CPC taking control of the country from the Nationalist Party after the Chinese Civil War. Even though most of the Hetalia strips take place during the WWII era, the drawing depicts the PRC’s current status as a communist state and most likely implies that the Hetalia character/country and its government are separate and different entities.

Here's the link: http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/9551095.html?thread=166562807#t166562807