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Qing Dynasty
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Period: to
Opium War
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Treaty of Nanjing – Hong Kong ceded to Britain
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New Territories ceded to Britain
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Boxer Rebellion
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Revolution overthrows Qing dynasty
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Sun Yat-sen relinquishes Presidency to Yuan Shikai
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Republic of China (Mainland & Taiwan incl.)
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China divides into several semi-independent states
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Japanese Twenty-One Demands for control over China
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May Fourth Movement
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded
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New Economic Policy (NEP)
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Period: to
GPU as acronym for Soviet political police
GPU is the acronym for the Soviet political police during this time. -
CCP and GMD cooperate in First United Front
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Guomindang (GMD) (Kuomintang) reorganised
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Period: to
OGPU as acronym for Soviet political police
GPU used as the acronym for Soviet political police. -
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Northern Expedition to unify China
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CCP and GMD split after Shanghai massacre
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GMD National Government in Nanjing
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Period: to
China under Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kaishek defeats warlords and unites China for around a decade. -
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CCP establishes rural bases in Jiangxi province
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People's Republic of China founded
