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Qing Dynasty
The last of the imperial dynasties in China -
Wu chang Uprising
the beginning of revolution -
The beginning of the Republic.
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian. The founder of the Republic and the founder of KMT. -
The Warlord Era.
Warlords fought for power. -
Jiang Jeishi
Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT. -
The long march
The communists escape the Nationalists. -
World War 2
The KMT and communists fought the Japanese. -
The communists' power
The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan. -
The First 5 year plan
The First Five-Year Plan, was the beginning of China's rapid industrialization, and it is still regarded as having been enormously successful. A strong central governmental apparatus proved able to channel scarce resources into the rapid development of heavy industry. -
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
Hundred Flowers Campaign, movement begun in May 1956 within the communist government of China to lift the restrictions imposed upon Chinese intellectuals and thus grant greater freedom of thought and speech. -
The Great Leap Forward (The 2nd 5 year plan)
The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1958 to 1962. 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. However, it is widely considered to have caused the Great Chinese Famine. -
The Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement that look place in China from 1966 until 1976 -
Chairman Mao Zedong dies
Mao Zedong also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, poet, political theorist and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949, until his death in 1976.
