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The first Opium War
The chineese fight british to stop opium trade. The chineese lose and opium trade continues. -
Sino-Japanese war
China and Japan go to war, Japan wins. -
Boxer rebellion Uprising
Chineese people kill outsiders and anyone who converted to christianity. U.S sends troops and crushes the rebellion -
Open door policy
America isssues open door policy meaning anyone can trade with china -
China forms communist party
China forms there communist party Mao Zedong later takes over. -
The long march
Capatalist almost destroy communist. Communist flee North. -
Nationalist flee to taiwan
Chairman mao Takes over Communist china -
The great leap forward
Mao urges people to make iron and steel. This causes massive famine. -
Great proletarian cultural revolution
Mao makes people destroy four olds. Red guard is formed to do his bidding. -
President Nixon visits china
President nixon visits china to try and improve relations -
Mao dies
When mao dies the cultural revolution dies to. -
Tiananmen square massacre
People get killed in tianmen square