China timeline events

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  • Opium war

    The start of the second opium war.

  • China mail

    President Lincoln signs bill authorizing establishment of mail service to china.

  • Emergency rate repealed

    War emergency rate repealed.

  • Earthquake

    Earthquake,Gansu China. 200,000 deaths

  • Earthquake

    Earthquake,Tsinghai, China . 200,000 deaths

  • The long march

    The Long March was a crucial event in the rise of the Chinese Communist state.

  • China Civil War

    Mao Zedong, led the communist to victory against the nationalist after more than 20 years of civil war. The Nationalists retreat to the island of Taiwan and set up a government there.

  • Peoples republic of China

    The official formation of the Chinese Buddhist Association by the government of the People's Republic of China.

  • Military exercises

    China and Russia hold there first joint military exercises together.

  • Treaty ending

    China and Russia sign a treaty ending the 40-year old border dispute,which lead toarmed clashes during the cold war.

  • China over takes Japan

    China overtakes Japan to become the worlds largest economy after Tokyo published fuigures showing a Japanese GDP rise of only four percent in 2010.