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Sino-Japanese Conflict
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II -
Rape of Nanjing in 1937
In 1937, most of the prosperous east China coast was occupied by the Japanese, who carried out atrocities like Rape of Nanjing in 1937.The Japanese carried out systematic bombing of Chinese cities, and the Nationalist armies followed a "scorched earth" policy of destroying the productive capacity abandon to the Japanese. The war is killed between 20 and 25 million Chinese. Industry was severely hampered after the war as well as the inflow of cheap American goods. -
Economic Growth in China
China’s economic growth performance over the last 30 years has impressed development economists who took the position that China will remain in the low/middle income group of nations permanently due to its very large population — approximately 1.2+ billion in 2015. Moreover, -
War between Nationalists and Communist: Civil War in China
Exact start date unknown. The Soviet Union, meanwhile, occupied Manchuria and only pulled out when Chinese Communist forces were in place to claim that territory. In 1945, the leaders of the Nationalist and Communist parties, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, met for a series of talks on the formation of a post-war government. October 1, 1949 -
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945), called so after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. -
Rural Economy
The rural economy retained much of the characteristics of the Late Qing. While markets had been forming since the Song and Ming dynasties, Chinese agriculture by the Republic of China was almost completely geared towards producing cash crops for foreign consumption, and was thus subject to the say of the international markets. Key exports included glue, tea, silk, sugar cane, tobacco, cotton, corn and peanuts -
Great Leap Forward
The Five Year Plan was an attempt by China to boost her industry and set her on the path to become a world class power. When Mao came to power in 1949, China was many years behind the industrial nations of the world. Mao wanted this to change. On an international level, Mao’s China had the same status as Stalin’s Russia. Communism was feared throughout the western world and here was the world’s most populated nation turning to communism. -
Political Changes in China TODAY
People are getting more and more conscious of their political and social rights. Fifteen years ago, the air quality in Beijing was probably even worse than today, -
Socialist Market TODAY
China's socialist market economy is the world's second largest economy
