China

China

By speedster29
  • First Opium war

    First Opium war

    Great Britain fights with China over the drug Opium.
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    China History

  • Chang Kai-Shek becomes leader of the Kuomintang party

    Chang Kai-Shek becomes leader of the Kuomintang party

    Sun yat sen died, because of this he took his place.
  • Long March

    Long March

    Communists attempt to overthrow nationalist party.
  • Communists came to power

    Communists came to power

    Mao Zedong is the communist's leader. The kuomintang party moved to Taiwan.
  • Great Leap Forward

    Great Leap Forward

    Mao zedong's program to increase industy and argiculture; people lived in communes and worked in factories or in the fields.
    the great leap forward caused starvation and was a failure.
  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution

    Mao Zedong tried to rid China of its History.
  • Richard M. Nixon first U.S president to visit China

    Richard M. Nixon first U.S president to visit China

  • Deng Xiaoping becomes new leader

    Deng Xiaoping becomes new leader

    Mao Zedong dies, Deng takes his place.
  • One child policy

    One child policy

    this law limits a family only to have one child due to china's massive population.
  • Tiananmen Square

    Tiananmen Square

    Students gathered to protest, and army tanks and soldiers came in and shot at random civilians.