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the Qing dynasty
The last dynasty that ruled China before it went to other forms of goverment. -
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Emperor Xuantong
The last emperor of the Qing dynasty that was then he was imprisioned in Shenyang. -
the Kuomitang Revolution
the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen broke out and overthrew the Empire of Qing, bringing two thousand years of Chinese feudal monarchy to an end. -
May Fourth movement
The movement was directed toward national independence, emancipation of the individual, and rebuilding society and culture.
Was mostly made up by students that learned the new world philosophies. -
Shanghai massacre
The CCP organise a strike against Chiang and the KMT. They are brutally suppressed, around 5,000 people are killed, including Yang Kaihui, Mao’s second wife, and Li Dazhao, who is executed by slow strangulation.
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Chinese Civil War
The fight between the Kuomintang, that had Nationalist ideals and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), that had Communist ideals. -
The Long March
The retreat of the Red Army of the CCP, controled by Mao Zedong, from the KMT.
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The Second Sino-Japanese
The war in which Japan tried to conquer China for imperialist ideals.
They got to Naiking and then the chinese guerrilla warfare stopped them.
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Nanking Massacre
Japans army was order to kill the civilians of Nanking after they conquered the city. -
People's Republic of China
China has entered a new Communist era of stability -
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Communist Political Party
Mao Zedong leadership.
creation of many social and economical reforms -
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Economic Reforms
Reform and Opening Up policies of 1978, bringing in China’s phenomenal economic growth.
