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The Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty - 1644 to 1912 - the greatest and most powerful Chinese dynasty in history. -
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White Lotus rebellion
Internal rebellions regarded the government as being weak and corrupt -
The opium wars
When the Qing government realized the harm being done by the opium trade, they decided to ban the use and import of opium - this led to 2 wars with the British. -
The Boxer Rebellion
The Chinese rebels attacked the Foreign Nationals in Beijing but
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The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian, the founder of the Republic and founder of KMT -
Jiang Jeishi
Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT -
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World War 2
The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese -
The Chinese Revolution
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) -
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The great leap forward
The campaign was led by Chairman Mao Zedong and aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization -
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The Cultural Revolution
Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to purge the country of “representatives of the bourgeoisie who have sneaked into the Party, the government, the army and various spheres of culture” and destroy the “Four Olds”—old ideas, old customs, old culture and old habits. -
The Four Modernizations
The Communist official Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader of China and first advocated for the Four Modernizations, of agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology.
