Chinese Communism By LexieBrown Mar 7, 1840 Opium War launched by Britain Mar 7, 1884 Sino French war Mar 7, 1900 Boxer Rebellion Mar 7, 1911 Revolutionary alliace overthrows the last Chinese Emperor Mar 7, 1911 The movement of the Chinese students abroad before the Revolution Mar 7, 1921 Mao Zedong's Communist Party gains support from the peasants by giving them land. Sep 18, 1931 Japanese Imprerialists started their armed aggression Mar 7, 1932 Jiang Jieshi defeats Mao's communists and the communists flee in the Long March Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Chinda WWII suspending the civil war Mar 7, 1945 Communists party seizes control of China