Monikia

Revolutionary Chinese History

By deane

  • Boxer Rebellion

    Boxer Rebellion
    Northern China
    2 Nov 1899 - 7 Sept 1901
    Uprising against foreigners, begun by peasantry but eventually supported by the government. Anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising. Targeted Western missionaries, and Chinese converts to Christianity, who disregarded traditional Chinese ceremonies and family relations.
    Britannica

  • Wuchang Uprising

    Wuchang Uprising
    Wuchang, Hubei, China
    10 Oct 1911 - 1 Dec 1911
    Armed rebelling against the ruling of the Qing dynasty. Beginning of the Xinhai Revolution which successfully overthrew China's last imperial dynasty. Led by elements of the New Army, influenced by revolutionary ideas from Tongmenghui.
    Wikipedia

  • Formation of Chinese Communist Party

    Formation of Chinese Communist Party
    Shanghai, China
    23 July 1921
    Originally existed as a study group working within the confines of the First United Front with the Nationalist Party. Many involved turned to Marxism after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution in 1917. Within 1920's Chinese turmoil, CCP members began organising labour unions in the cities. Revolutionaries popular within peasantry.
    KEY FIGURES: Mao Zedong, Li Dazhao, Chen Duixiu
    CCP Britannica

  • White Terror

    White Terror
    Mainland China
    1927
    A period of political repression in China by the Republic of China/Kuomintang government. Title given to episodes of mass violence throughout history, carried out by conservative or nationalist groups against anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, revolutionaries etc.

  • Shanghai Massacre

    Shanghai Massacre
    Shanghai, China
    12 April 1927
    Violent suppression of the Chinese Communist Party organisations and leftists elements in Shanghai by forces supporting conservative factions in the Kuomintang. It is believed that over 1000 Communists were arrested, some 300 were executed and between 5000-10000 were "killed".
    Resource

  • Second United Front

    Second United Front
    'Second Nationalist-Communist Cooperation'
    24 Dec 1936 - Jan 1941
    (dissolved 15 Aug 1945)
    The alliance between the ruling Kuomintag (KMT) and the CCP to resist the Japanese invasion of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
    KEY FIGURES: Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Xueliang
    Britannica

  • The Long March

    The Long March
    Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Republic of China
    1937-1945
    A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party, to evade the pursuit of the National Army of the Chinese Nationalist Party. Of the 200000 men estimated to have participated, 8000 made it to the final destination, then joined by 32000 men from surrounding areas. In military terms this is was a major defeat.
    KEY FIGURES: Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong, Lin Biao
    Britannica