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The Opium War
The Opium War was fought between the British East India Trading Company and the Qing dynasty. -
Treaty of Nanjing
Marked the end of the Opium War. It was between the British and China. -
Taiping Rebellion
It began in 1851 and lasted 14 years. It was a peasant rebelling and over 20 million died. -
Spheres of Influence
Other countries built railroads and factories in China. -
Boxer Rebellion
A violent anti-foreign, anti-christian movement by the Fists of Righteous Harmony, also known as Boxer. -
Revolution of 1911
When Ci Xi died in 1911, the Qing dynasty collapsed. China declared themselves a republic, but many Civil Wars raged as they had an unstable government -
Japanese Invasion of 1931
As the Nationalists were fighting the Communists, the Japanese pushed into China and seized Manchuria. -
Long March
90,000 communists fled from Chiang's armies. Walked over 6,000 miles and only 7,000 survived -
World War II: China v. Japan 1937
The Japanese attacked and captured Nanjing and they fought back and forth until a cease-fire agreement on Sept. 15 -
Mao Zedong-Communist China
Mao Zedong was the leader of the China Communist party. During the World War II, he gained control of China. -
Great Leap Forward
Economic plan used from 1958-61. Was a failure and great humanitarian disaster. -
Proletariat Cultural Revolution
A campain to rid China of its "liberal bourgeoisie" elements and to continue revolutionary class struggle. -
Four Modernizations Deng Xiaoping
It was Ding's program to modernize agriculture, expanding industry, develop science and technology, and upgrading Chinese defences. -
Return of Hong Kong to China
Hong Kong was handed to China after 150 years of British control.
