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Chinese Communism
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Boxer Rebellion
Was an anti-foreign, proto-nationalist movement by the Righteous Harmony Society in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity. The uprising took place against a background of severe drought and economic disruption in response to growth of foreign spheres of influence. -
Republican Revolution
Republican Revolution breaks out in military barracks in Wuchang -- meets little resistance in near-bloodless ouster of Manchu dynasty -
The Revolutionary alliance overthrows the last Chinese Emperor
The revolution was named Xinhai (Hsin-hai) because it occurred in 1911.The revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings. The turning point was the Wuchang Uprising on October 10.The revolution arose mainly in response to the decline of the Qing state, which had proven ineffective in its efforts to modernize China and confront new challenges. presented by foreign powers, -
The 21 Demands
Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu, under whose administration the Twenty-One Demands were drafted.The Twenty-One Demands were a set of demands made by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu. The 21 Demands is a list of demands that the Japanese issued to the Chinese in January 1915 during World War I. Japan used its position as one of the Allied countries to pressure China and issued the demands to assure Japan's regional superiority to China. -
Mao Zedong's Communist Party gains support from the peasants by giving them land
Mao was a very effective leader and was the leader of Communists. He gained support for Communists cause in southeastern China by redistributing land to the peasants and offering them schooling and health care. -
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War (1927–1950) was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang and forces of the Communist Party of China. The war began in April 1927, amidst the Northern Expedition and essentially ended when major active battles ceased in 1950. The conflict eventually resulted in two de facto states, the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China. -
Jiang Jieshi defeats Mao's communists and the communists flee in "the long March"
Began in October 1934 and ended a year later after covering a distance variously estimated at between 3,000 and 8,000 miles across China.The Long March made the survival of the imperilled Chinese Communist Party possible, gave Mao Zedong a secure grasp on its leadership and ultimately led to the creation of the People’s Republic of China. As a remarkable feat of determination and endurance it became a bulwark of Chinese pride and patriotism. -
Japan Invades China in WWII suspending the civil war
Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Beijing after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China. Japanese military victories did not bring about the collapse of Chinese resistance that Japan had hoped to achieve, instead the Chinese government relocated inland to Chongqing and continued the war -
The Communist party seizes control of China
For decades China had been in turmoil, engaged in civil war or fighting with Japan. When the Communists took power, they aimed to strengthen its 550 million people and its nation. Mao was determined to reshape China’s economy based on Marxist socialism. -
People's Republic of China
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920's. The creation of the PRC also co -
marriage law
New marriage law bans polygamy and arranged marriages. Tries to strengthen women's status.
