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CHINA
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1st Opium War
China vs Britain fighting about trading opium in China. -
Sino-Japanese War
China and Japan fighting for control over Korea. -
Boxer Rebellion
Citzens in China who wanted to kick out all foreigners.It caused the spheres of influence. -
Open Door Policy
John Hay created a policy in which each foreign nation in china could trade freely in the other nations' spheres of influence. -
Communist Party in China formed
The CPC is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China. -
The Long March
It's a military retreat by the Communist Party's army to evade the Kuomintang army. -
Mao Zedong in power
Nationalists Party flee to Taiwan and Mao Zedong take control of the Communist Party of China -
Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedong's plan to rapidly transform China through industialization and collectivization. It caused a very bad famine. -
Soviet Union and China end their relationship
China and the Soviet Union,the two largest Communist states in the world, ended their relationship during the Cold War. -
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolutin was led by Mao Zedong to enforce communism and stopped everthing that was considered 'bad'. -
Nixon in China
President Nixon came to China hoping the two countries would be on good terms. -
Mao Zedong dies
Mao Zedong died and so does the Cultural Revolution. Mao was 83 years old. -
TIananmen Square Massacre
Nearly a million of Chinese, mostly young students, were protesting for a greater democracy and the Communist Party.
