-
Taking
Throughout this period, a tiny and elite landlord class ruled over the masses of poor
peasants. By 1900, Britain, Germany, Japan, and other countries exerted control over
parts of China, and the imperial government continued the tradition of subjugating the
peasant population. -
China enters morden era
In 1912, China entered what historians refer to as the Modern Era,
after a military uprising overthrew the Qing Dynasty that had been in power since 1644. -
The People’s Republic of China is founded
The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949 based on a Communist vision of
a classless society—a nation in which all individuals are equal in economic, social, and
political power. Since 221 BCE, China had been ruled by a series of dynasties in which
power passed down from one ruler to the next in the same family for generations.