Chinese Comunist History

  • Formation of CCP

    The CCP has a unitary government and centralizing state, military, and media. They took control of mainland China in 1949
  • Chinese Civil War

    The Chinese Civil War was a war in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Long March

    Long March was a huge military taken over by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist. (In October 1934 till October 1936)
  • Creation of Tawian

    During the civil was after the Japanese gave up, when it ended the Chinese tried to take over Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek surredered his country to China.,Taiwan was surrended by Japan to the allied powers.
  • Peoples Republicof China

    Communist victory in 1949 brought power to peasant party.They believed in class struggle and rapid industrial development.
  • Five Year Plan

    The PRC founded the 1st five year plan.The five year plan is a series of social and economic development initiatives.
  • China’s involvement in the Korean War

    Contributions from allied nations under the aegis of the United Nations and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea supported by the People's Republic of China, with military and material aid .
  • Hundred Flowers Campaign

    In 1956, The Hundred Flowers campaign had far-reaching effects on the direction of the People's Republic of China and the CCP's view of intellectual debate.
  • Sino-Soviet Split

    The Sino-Soviet split was the worsening of political and ideological relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the Cold War.
  • The Great Leap Forward

    Mao Zedong was trying to create an economy that would eventually be competing against America's. He announced a plan to develop agriculture and industry. It was a collosal failer.
  • Cultural Revolution

    The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution was a social-political movement .
  • The Red Book

    The Little Red Book, the name commonly known in the West for the pocket-size edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
  • Ping-Pong Diplomacy

    Nine players, four officials, and two spouses stepped across a bridge from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland, ushering in an era of "Ping-Pong diplomacy." They were the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949.
  • Nixon’s Trip to China

    U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Was the first president to go to China
  • Arrest of Gang of Four

    The Gang of Four was a group of Chinese Communist Party officials who were arrested after the death of Mao Zedong and largely blamed for the events of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
  • Death of mao Zedong

    Mao died because of Motor neuron disease posibly cause from smoking.Premier Zhou, Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, and He Zizhen competed to become the next president.
  • Return of Hong Kong to China

    The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally and "the Return" or "The Reunification" by Mainland Chinese.
  • Bejing Olympics

    China had hosted the Olympics in 2008 showing we can all get along wether comunist or not.