China's Rise to Communism

By AmeliaPruiett127
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    First Opium War

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    Second Opium War

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    Boxer Rebellion

  • Sun Yixan becomes Provisional President of the New Republic of China

  • Yuan Shikai become President

  • May 4th Movement

    Young Mao Zedong and other protesters oppose the control established by the Treaty of Versailles

  • Civil War Breaks Out

  • Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

  • Long March begins

    Yearlong fleeing from nationalists by communists

  • People's Rebuplic of China officially declared

  • Chinese Involvement in Korean War

  • First Five Year Plan begins

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    Great Leap Forward

  • Cultural Revolution begins

    Mao Zedong wants to crush any anti-communism sentiment through the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

  • Zhou Enlai ends his premier career

    Zhou served as a premier since the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 until his death on this day.

  • Deng Xiaoping emerges most powerful premier

  • Tianamen Square Protesting begins

  • Tianamen Square Massacre

  • Hong Kong is transferred