China: 1949-2014

Founding of the People's Republic of China

Jan 1, 1949

This is a picture of Mao Zedong.

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Period: Jan 1, 1949 to May 8, 2014

Great Leap Forward Picture

Jan 1, 1958

This is one of the propaganda pictures that the Chinese used to support the Great Leap Forward

The Great Leap Forward

Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Jan 1, 1961

The Great Leap Forward was

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Jan 1, 1966

Picture of a group of Red Guards

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1966 to Jan 1, 1976

Deng Xiaoping

Jan 1, 1978

Deng's Policies

Jan 1, 1980

Tiananmen Square Protests

Jan 1, 1989

Hong Kong Returns to China

Jan 1, 1997

Picture of the agreement between China and Britain in 1984.

China Admitted to the World Trade Organization

Jan 1, 2001

Hu Jintao Becomes Leader

Jan 1, 2002

China Surpasses Japan

Jan 1, 2010