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Taiping Rebellion (span)
The Taping Rebellion was a major civil war led by Hong Xiquian that was against the rule of the manchu-quing dynasty. The major civil war lasted from december of 1850 to august of 1864.
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Wuchang Uprising
The wuchang uprising was an uprising that was responsible for the end of the quing dynasty and the start of the Xinhai Revolution. This Uprising started on october 10th 1911 and it ended the imperial era
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Northern Expedition
The northern expedition was a move by the chinese military to unite the whole country of china as a whole. The expedition lasted from 1926 through 1928.
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Mukden Incident
The mukden incident was an scripted event where the chinese were pracicing for a real invasion against the japanese. Although they didnt cause much damage it did cause some unrest between them and japan which caused a major conflict in the city of mukden. -
The Long March
The Long March Of china was a large military retreat to the north and west from south china. It lasted from october 191934 to october 1935 which was a series of marches that lasted for a year. -
Second Sino-Japanese War
The second sino japanese war was a war fought between the republic of china and the empire of japan from July 7th 1937 to September 9th 1945. This occured at the same time as world war 2 and america had an effect on japans part in it -
Nanking Massacre
The nanking massacre was a massive gangrape/ attack on the nanking from the japanese. In this mass murder the japanese unbelevable gang raped and slaughterd the japanese. Head, body parts and genitals were scattered everywhere -
Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan
The chinese moved the capital for a short amount of time to taiwan. They did this under the influence of mao zedong so it was a pretty crazy idea. However they did eventually move the capital back to where it was earlier -
Founding Date of the Republic of China
The Republic of china was founded on october 1st 1949 under the reign of Mao Zedong. It was decleared the republic of china after mao zedongs communist forces were dominant over the kumintang forces -
Founding of People's Republic of China
The peoples republic of china was founded after a socialist reformation of government. The quing dynasty had already ended so the chinese had everything conquered. -
Great Leap Forward
The Great leap foward was an capaign made by mao zedong to determine the growth of the economy in china. The great leap foward meant the increase in production, the utilization of children and the growth of population however it resulted in much suffering -
People's Republic of China admitted to UN
When CHina was admitted to the un the trading between china and the un increased. Their relations also get better. They gave taiwan back to china also. -
Seventeen Point Agreement with Tibet
The seventeen point agreement with tibet was a peaceful agreement between tibet and china that allowed china to have sovereignty over tibet -
The May 16 Notification
Th may 16th notification was marked as the day the cultural had been taken into full effect. This strated a major fall in progression in the over all state of china. -
Cutural Revolution
The cultural revolution was a movement started by mao zedong the was used to promote the move of communism in china. This however resulted in much famine, death ,and struggles in the economy. -
Nixon visits China
Richard nixon visited china to negociate with china about trade and agreements with borders. Thanks to nixons agreement with china we get almost all of our products from china. -
Gang of Four arrested
the gang of four arresting was a result of many terrible crimes that four communist china party members did. This was one of the major downfalls of the cultural revolution. -
One Child Policy Instituted
The one child policy was instituted on september 25th 1980 by the republic of china. It was created to limit chinas exploding population. Chinas law allows only 1 child per family, however it is more relaxed now. -
Tiannmen Square Protest
The tianmen square protest were a major protest by the youth of china for democray. China had felt that they have had enough of communism so the protested for freedom. However the army had to take force by killing or massacreing the protesters -
The Building of the Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam Was And is the largest man made damn ever built. It generates tons of electricity and realy help ed the industrial state of china. -
Hong Kong Returned to China
Hong Kong was returned to china from british control on july 1st 1997. Britan gave it back because its rule over hong kong had ended so they felt that they should give it back -
Macau returned to China
The Macu was transfered back to china from the portugese republic in december of 1999. This unfortuanately meant that communism claimed again another good city -
Hainan Island incident
The Hainan Island incident was an incident where 2 planes crashed in midair. An american plane and a chinese plane. This fortunately didnt get bad. The Differences were met and it was all good.
