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Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing dynasty. It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion -
Wuchang Uprising
The Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911 started the Xinhai Revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC).The uprising itself broke out by accident. Revolutionaries in the Russian concession of the city had been building bombs, one of which accidentally exploded.
TEXT:http://exhibits.library.gwu.edu/exhibits/show/1911revolution/wuchang-uprising
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Building of the Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station.
TEXT:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam
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Northern Expedition
The Northern Expedition, was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang from 1926 to 1928. Its main objective was to unify China under its own control, by ending the rule of Beiyang government as well as the local warlords.
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Mukden Incident
In 1931, a dispute near the Chinese city of Mukden (Shenyang) precipitated events that led to the Japanese conquest of Manchuria. In response, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Stimson issued what would become known as the Stimson Doctrine, stating that the United States would not recognize any agreements between the Japanese and Chinese that limited free commercial intercourse in the region.
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Long March
The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang. The Long March came about when the Chinese Communists had to flee a concerted Guomingdang attacked that had been ordered by Chiang Kai-shek.
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Second Sino-Japanese
The Second Sino-Japanese War, called so after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.
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Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred during a six-week period starting December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanking, which was then the Chinese capital.
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Founding Date of the Republic of China
The Republic of China ,Zhonghua minguo (1912-1949) was the official designation of the state that succeeded the last imperial dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911). The Republic was founded in the hope to establish a modern state.
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Founding of People's Republic of China
On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was formally established, with its national capital at Beijing. The people were defined as a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants, the petite bourgeoisie, and the national-capitalists.
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Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan
Signaled the effective end of the long struggle between Chinese Nationalist forces and those of the communist leader Mao Zedong, though scattered Chinese Nationalists continued sporadic combat with the communist armies.
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Seventeen Point Agreement with Tibet
After the occupation of eastern Tibet's provincial capital, Chamdo, the People's Republic of China (PRC), on 23 May 1951, forced Tibet to sign the 17-point “Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet”.
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Great Leap Forward
Great Leap Forward, in Chinese history, the campaign undertaken by the Chinese communists between 1958 and early 1960 to organize its vast population, especially in large-scale rural communes, to meet China’s industrial and agricultural problems. The Chinese hoped to develop labour-intensive methods of industrialization, which would emphasize manpower rather than machines and capital expenditure. TEXT: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243427/Great-Leap-Forward -
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Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution, was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 until 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country.
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The May 16 Notification
Mao Zedong's government published the May 16 Notification, which stated that "The Great Cultural Revolution" had been launched, with warnings against "revisionist" thinking. The notification was originally only available to higher ranking party members, but was widely circulated within a year, leading to mass rallies where books and things representing the old society were destroyed.
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People's Republic of China admitted to UN
On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit the People’s Republic of China (mainland China) and to expel the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Nixon visits China
President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. This was an important event because the U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.
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Gang Four Arrested
The Gang of Four controlled the power organs of the Communist Party of China through the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution. Led by Mao Zedong's fourth wife, Jiang Qing, the so-called "Gang of Four" was a powerful political influence on Chinese Communism during final years of Mao's life.
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One Child Policy Instituted
The policy was created after Chairman Mao launched a campaign to encourage families to have more children, leading to birthrates of over 4 children per family. At the same time, there was a food shortage that resulted in part from Mao’s failed economic-planning of the Great Leap Forward, during which 30 million Chinese died of man-made famine.
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Tiananmen Square Protests
Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen gate located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. The protestors of Tiananmen Square wanted a more democratic government.
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Hong Kong Returned To China
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in China, took place on 1 July 1997, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong.
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Macau Returned To China
The transfer of sovereignty of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China (PRC) occurred on 20 December 1999. Macau was settled and governed by Portuguese merchants in 1535.
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Hainan Island Incident
On April 1, 2001, the Hainan Island incident occurred when a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China.
TEXT:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
