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Modern China Timeline

  • Boxer Rebellion

    Boxer Rebellion
    Prince Duan and Empress Dowager Cixi where important leaders in the boxer rebellion. The boxer rebellion was a peasant uprising that attempted to remove all foreigners from China, so obviously it happened in China. It started over economy issues and fights between the Chinese and foreigners.
  • Fall of the Qing Dynasty

    Fall of the Qing Dynasty
    Emperor Xuantong Was the main leader in the fall of the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty was overthrown by a revolution. This happened in china because of warfare, rebellion, and overpopulation.
  • Establishment of the Republic of China

    Establishment of the Republic of China
    The main leader was Mao Zedong. When the Qing dynasty fell it was replaced with the Establishment of the Republic of China. It happened in china.
  • May Fourth Movement

    May Fourth Movement
    Chen Duxiu was the leader of the may fourth movement, or the “new culture.” After the failure of the 1911 Revolution to establish a republican government the may fourth movement happened, it was an intellectual revolution that was directed toward national independence.
  • Second Sino-Japanese War

    Second Sino-Japanese War
    It was a resistance to the Japanese expanding their influence in the territory
  • Peoples Republic of China Established

    Peoples Republic of China Established
    The Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the peoples republic of china and ended the Civil war between the chinese communist party and the Nationalist party
  • The Great Leap Forward

    The Great Leap Forward
    Mao Zedong was the chairman in this republic. It was an economic and social campaign. It was in china. It was a campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy to a communist society
  • 1960’s cultural revolution

    1960’s cultural revolution
    It was a cultural revolution launched in 1966 by Mao Zedong. They wanted to restore his authority over the Chinese government it happened in china,.
  • 1970s economic reform

    1970s economic reform
    In china the government entered a period of stagnation. After the death of Mae Zedong his Communist party decided to turn to arrest oriented reforms