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Fall of Qing Dynasty
The Chinese Revolution led to the end of the Qing Dynasty. -
Change in Chinese Government Reform and Regime
The rebels elected a general named Yuan Shikai as their leader.
Qing emperor is abdicated.
A new government was formed with a Senate and Lower House wrote a new constitution. -
A New "Ruler" of China
Sun Yan Sen becomes president -
The Guomindang Party Forms
Nationalist party led by Chiang Kai Shek which intended to reform China and were competing against the Chinese Communist Party -
Mao Zedong: A Founding Father of...
...China's Party of Communism at its 1st congressional meeting. -
Death of Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yat Sen passed away in Beijing, China due to liver cancer -
The Broken Alliance Between Guomindangs and Communists
The leader of the Guomindangs, named Chaing Kai-Shek, got upset at the communists because they were trying to being a socialist revolution. Tensions start to grow. -
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The Long March
The 6,000-mile, 368 day historic trek of the Chinese communists, which resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader. -
Zunyi Conference: Momentum for Communism in China
Mao Zedong becomes popular and starts gaining traction for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party -
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Nankang Massacre
The Japanese attacked on Nanking in December 1937.
The Chinese Nationalists (guomindangs) abandoned the city
The reputation of the Nationalists was slowly diminishing by losing against the Japanese -
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Chinese Rectification Program
Mao created the rectification program in order to brainwash students and other intelligent individuals and sent them down to the Chinese countrysides, try to “re-educate” them and give them an idea of “real China”, setting up the economic system of hard labor in China which was eventually what these intelligent individuals ended up doing. -
Mao's People's Republic of China Formed
Mao Zedong officially declares the "People's" Republic of China as communism takes over China under his command. Kai-Shek retires as president and retreats from Taiwan -
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False Blames and Mass Execution
Approximately, 28,332 people were being accused of being spies and/or being executed. -
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China's 1st Five Year Plan
Industrialization occurred very successfully. Industry output grew 121% more than projected
Inflation was kept in check as peasants had to grow large amount of grain and sold it at low prices
Not many consumer products produced so saving was encouraged
Living standards improved and China’s population grew to 646 million -
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China's Great Leap Forward
Many ideas made up this unnecessary, and failure of a period, but the main result and worst idea of all was to pay for heavy machinery from the USSR with exported grain which leads to a decrease of a food source and this led to the death of 20 million people. China stepped back rather than to move ahead in this period. -
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China's Cultural Revolution
Old culture, habits, ideas and customs were the main ideas of humiliation and violence
Millions were persecuted and historical and religious artifacts were destroyed
Students couldn’t find jobs leading to all of the mass destruction and violence as they were forced to work with the peasants -
The End for Mao
Mao Zedong passes away on September 9, 1976 in Beijing, China. He was suffering Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
