Chinese History Timeline

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    Taiping Rebellion

    It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan, who announced that he had received visions in which he learned that he was younger brother of Jesus and the Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in Southern China. Google- Wikipedia
  • Wuchang Uprising

    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. Google - Wikipedia
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    Northern Expedition

    The Northern Expedition was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang and 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. Google- Wikipedia
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    Mukden Incident

    The Mukden Incident, also known as the Manchurian Incident, was a staged event engineered by rogue Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion of the northeastern part of China, known as Manchuria, in 1931. Google- Wikipedia
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    Long March

    The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang Army or Chinese Nationalist Party. Google- Wikipedia
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    Second Sino-Japanese War

    The Second Sino-Japanese War called so after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, also China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany. Google- Wikipedia
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    Nanking Massacre

    The Nanking Massacre also known as the Rape of Nanking was an season of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the second Sino- Japanese War and tens of thousands Chinese were murdered. Google- Wikipedia
  • Founding Date of the Republic of China

    Founding Date of the Republic of China
    The history of the People's Republic or China details the history of mainland China and after a near complete victory by the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China from atop Tianamen. Google- Wikipedia
  • Founding of People's Republic of China

    Founding of People's Republic of China
    The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China and after a complete victory by the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War, Meo Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China from atop Tiananmen. Google- Wikipedia
  • People's Republic of China admitted to UN

    On October 1, 1949, Mao Zendong declared the established of the people's Republic of China, and the government of the Republic of China relocated to Taipei after losing the Chinese Civil War and kept its membership of the UN until October 25, 1971. Google- Wikipedia
  • Chinese Nationalist Move Capital to Taiwan

    As they steadily lose ground to the communist forces of Mao Zendong, Chinese Nationalist leaders depart for the island of Taiwan, where they establish their new capital and Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek left for the island the following day. Google- History.com
  • Seventeen Point Agreement with Tibet

    The Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the peaceful Liberation of Tibet, or the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, and is the document by which delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama. Google- Wikipedia
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    Great Leap Forward

    The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China was economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China, also the campaign was led by Mao Zedong and aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through quick industrialization. Google-Wikipedia
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    Cultural Revolution

    The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution, was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 until 1976, also set the Motion by Mao Zedong
  • The May 16 Notification

    The May 16 Notification
    Since the domination of China by Chinese Communist Party over the Kuomintang, Mao Zedong and his comrades had worked to turn the backward, post-imperial China into a modern industrial Titan of a country. Google-The Day in Alternate History
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    Nixon visits China

    U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 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. Google-Wikipedia
  • Gang if Four Arrested

    Gang if Four Arrested
    The Gang of Four controlled the power organs of the communist Party of China through the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution, although it remains unclear which major decisions were made by Mao Zendong and carried out by the gang.
  • One Child Policy Institued

    One Child Policy Institued
    The family planning policy, known as the one-child policy in the West is a population control policy of the People's Republic of China and the term one child is a misnomer, as the policy allows many exceptions and ethnic minorities are exempt. Google- Wikipedia
  • Macau Returned to China

    Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the people's Republic of China and Macau became a colony of the Portuguese Empire in 1557,also it was lent to Portugal as a trading post but remained under Chinese authority and sovereignty. Google-Wikipedia
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    Tianamen Sqaure protests

    Huge protest by Chinese college students which eventually was joined by parents, hobos, and different workers in the city, this protest caused the country to be put on Marshall Law and hundreds got killed by brutal force. Google Wikipedia
  • Hong Kong Returned China

    The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as the Handover internationally or the Return in China, took place on 1 July 1997, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong.
  • Hainan Island Incident

    The Hainan Incident Occurred when a mid-air collision between a United States NavyEP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy J-8ll interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute.
  • Building The Three Gorges Dam

    The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China ANC the Three Gorges Dam is the worlds largest power station.