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Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China against the ruling of Manchu led Qing Dynasty. It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan, who announced that he had received visions in which he learned that he was the younger brother of Jesus. -
Wuchang Uprising
The Wuchang Uprising was the Chinese uprising that served as the catalyst to the Xinhai Revolution, ending the Qing Dynasty and two millennia of imperial rule and ushering in the Republic of China -
Founding of The Republic of China
The Republic of China was an East Asian state that occupied the current territories of China and Taiwan between 1912 and 1949. As an era of Chinese history, it was preceded by the last imperial dynasty of China, the Qing Dynasty -
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Northern Expedition
The Northern Expedition was a military campaign led by the Luomintang. It's main objective was to unify China under its own control by ending the rule of Beiyang government as well as the local warlords -
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Mukden Incident
Mukden Incident was a staged event engineered by rogue Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion of the northwestern part of China, known as Manchuria -
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The Long March
The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang. There was no Long March but a series of marches. -
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Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. This was called after the first Sino- Japanese War -
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Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred during a six week period. -
People's Republic of China admitted to UN
China is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. China's recognition of its long standing fight against aggression. -
Founding of People's Republic of China
The history of the People's Republic of China gave history to the mainland China when there was a victory by the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War -
Seventeen Pint Agreement with Tibet
The agreement of the central peoples government and the Local Government of Tibet is the document by which the delegates reached an agreement with the government affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet -
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Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was a push by Mao Zedong to change China from a predominately agrarian society to a modern, industrial society in just five years. Millions of Chinese citizens were moved into communes. -
May 16 Notification
The May 16 Notification was a social- political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China. Mao alleged that bourgeois elements were infilitating the government and society at large. -
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural revolution began in China, had been launched, with warnings against "revisionist" thinking. China's Communist Leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the reassertion his authority over the Chinese government. -
Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon's visit to the Peoples Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China. It marked the first time a United States president had visited there. -
Gang of Four arrested
Gang of Four arrested was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. It controlled the power organs of the Communist Party of China through later stages -
One Child Policy Instituted
The One-Child Policy is a population control policy. The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines that are imposed based on the income of the family and other factors -
Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan
Chinese Nationalist leaders depart for their island of Taiwan, where they establish their new capital. This action marked the beginning of the "two China's" scenario that left mainland China under communist control -
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Tiananmen Square protests
The Tiananmen Square protest of 1989 were student led popular demonstrations in Beijing which took place during the spring and and received broad support from city residents exposing deep splits within China's political leadership -
Building of the Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River. It's the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity. -
Hong Kong Returned to China
The transfer of sovereignty over the Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China referred to as "the Hangover" internationally or "the Return" in China, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong -
Macau returned to China
Macau returned to Chinese sovereignty from Portuguese administration. China grants Macau considerable autonomy in economic and commercial relations. -
Hainan Island Incident
The Hainan Island Incident occurred when a mid air collision between the United States of America and the Peoples Rephblic of China having an international dispute. A collision between the two planes crashing killing a PRC pilot
