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Opium War
The opium war started when the chinese bombed a british ship that was inporting opium. Opium was a ilegal drug. The war ended in 1842. -
The unequal treaties
The treaty is what ended the opium war. This was one of first of many "unequal treaties". China had to accept british terms for peace. The emperor sayed thatt he would pay for all of the opium he had destroyed during the war. He also said that he would give the british Hong Kong. -
The Long March
During the 1920 and 1930 a new leader named Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese communist. They walked more then 6,000 miles long. They went from southeast china to northwestern province of Shaanxi. nly about 7,000 survived. -
Japanese Invasion
The japanese had planes and they bomed some Chinese cities. The japanese army had tryed to invade populated chinese areas. The chinese won the war in 1945 -
Tiannium square massacure
The PLA fought back on the students. They opened fired A lot of students died in this massacure that lasted a couple of days. The number of people died is to never of been recorded.