Chinese Revolution By Dryan9797 Jan 1, 1800 Qing Dynasty began to suffer corruption Jan 1, 1842 Chinese forced to sign Treaty of Nanjing Jan 1, 1856 Rebellion ends 14 years prior the treaty Jan 1, 1900 over 400 people living in china Jan 1, 1911 Qing Dynasty falls Jan 1, 1923 Chinese Nationalist and Communist parties form allience Jan 1, 1927 Revolutionary army takes over most of China Jan 1, 1928 Chiang Kai Shek ,leader of the Chinese Nationalist party massacred members of the Communist party Jan 1, 1939 Japanese Army destroyed the city Nanjing and massacred 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war Oct 1, 1949 Mao Zedong becomes leader of China Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1960 Chinese government made some changes that benefitted women Jan 1, 1955 The Great Leap Forward begins Jan 1, 1976 Mao Zedong dies and was succeeded by Deng Xiaoping