China_Sino 203

By Sino
  • Period: to

    Qing dynasty

    The last of the imperial dynasty in China.

  • White Lotus Rebellion

    The beginning of the rebellion against the Qing dynasty. It began because people are unhappy.

  • Wu Chang Uprising

    the beginning of revolution

  • Sun Yut Sen

    The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian, the founder of the Republic and founder of KMT

  • Warlords

    The Warlord Era, warlords fought for power.

  • Jiang Jeishi

    Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT

  • the Long March

    The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the Chinese military. Mao took his Communists through China away from attacks to stop them. Mao marched almost 6000 miles.

  • WW2

    World War 2. The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese

  • Nationalist

    The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan

  • The hundred flower campaign

    Mao made an unusual request.
    He called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party.
    Some believe this was a trick.

  • The great leap year

    The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy.

  • The cultural revolution

    After the Great Leap Forward, Mao was unpopular - he lost control of the party. The Cultural Revolution was Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government.

  • Mao's death

    Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 09, 1976, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.