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The Boxer Rebellion
A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Boxers (Yihetuan) were a pro-Nationalist group who wanted China to be self-governing and de-colinised. -
The Three Principle of the People
The Three principles of the people were guidelines that Sun Yixian created which would allow China to become a prosperous nation. These were: Nationalism, Democracy, and the People's livelihood. -
The Wuchang Uprising
The Tongmenghui's uprising against the Qing Empire, which resulted in the end of imperial rule in China and the beginning of the Republic of China. -
Formation of the Guomindang
The formation of the Nationalist Party of China, which was ousted by the CCP and became the governing party of the Republic of China (Taiwan). -
Formation of the Chinese Communist Party
Formed in Shanghai by a number of Marx-Leninists, the CCP grew to proclaim the People's Republic of China in 1949 ending the Nationalists' rule in China. -
Formation of the First United Front
The alliance created by the Russians to join the CCP and the GMT to fight off foreign forces such as the Japanese, and reunify China as one being within the warlord era. -
Shanghai Massacre
Massacre where the Chinese Nationalists (Guomindang) killed many Communist supporters to supress Communists ideaology in Shanghai, and subsequently in many other places which has become to be known as the 'White Terror'. -
The Long March
The retreat of the CCP to the North to flee the Nationalists, the CCP began a series of marches from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, losing many supporters along the war, going from 86,000 people to 7000 people in one year. -
Breaking of the Second United Front Agreement
The significant end of the cooperation of the CCP and the GMD, the May Fourth Army Incident was a fight amidst the Second Sino-Japanese war between the opposing ideaologies in China.
