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First Opium War
Military engagements fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China over diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice in China. Britain fought a war on behalf of drug traffickers. Their victory opened up the lucrative China trade to British merchants. This was all done with the full blessing of the British government. -
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a revolt against the Qing dynasty in China, fought with religious conviction over regional economic conditions. The Taiping forces were run as a group called the God Worshipping Society by selfproclaimed Hong Xiuquan. The Taiping Rebellion eventually failed, however it led to the deaths of more than 20 million people. -
The Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence, this was known as The Boxer Rebellion. From June to August, the Boxers besieged the foreign district of Beijing, that was China’s capital, until an international force that included American troops subdued the uprising. China agreed to pay more than $330 million in reparations. -
The decay of Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was a dynasty in China. Painting, printmaking, porcelain manufacture, and scientific methods were developed during their regime, but the late members of the Qing Dynasty just get to see a vast majority of the population being poor, floods, increasing of taxes, migration, corruption and just favor the landlords and rich. Demonstrating that the system no longer worked. -
The Chinese Revolution of 1911
A group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. The revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings. The revolution ended with the abdication of the six year old Emperor, Puyi, that marked the end of 2,000 years of imperial rule and the beginning of China's early republican era. -
Warlord Era
The Warlord Era was a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into a jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders -
May Fourth Movement
An anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student participants in Beijing on 4 May 1919, protesting against the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which had been surrendered by Germany. These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese nationalism, a shift towards political mobilization and a move towards a populist base rather than intellectual elites. -
The Firts United Front
The CCP and the GMD form the Firts United Front, these two big political parties reunited to give hope and with the aim of ending with the warlords and geting rid of the imperialism -
The End of the Warlord era
Northern Expedition campaign of the Chinese Nationalist army allied with the communists party that advanced north from Guangzhou to the Yangtze River battling warlord forces. The Northern Expedition was aided by Soviet arms and advisers. This marked the end of the warlord era -
GMD against communists
Communists and other leftists in Shanghai were rounded up and shot. Hundreds of union supporters and organizers were killed, The Communist Party of China was losing membership by death and defection. Now the Guomindang was slaughtering Communists, Mao found refuge along the border of Jiangxi provinces, a hilly region with pheasants and a few remote villages in the valleys. Joining Mao there were about a thousand others who had fled the Guomindang's crackdown. Mao now favored creating a Red Army
