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The Taiping Rebellion was a civil war in southern China. It was led by Hong Xiuquan. He started it because he had a vision that he was the younger brother of Jesus.
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The Wuchang Uprising took pace at Wuchang, Hubei, China. This was the uprising that eneded the Qing Dynasty. The uprising originally began with the people being unhappy with the railroad crisis but quickly became an uprising where the people went against the government.
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The Northern Expidetion took place in Northern China. It was a military campaign led by Kuomintang. Its main purpose was to unify China under ine control.
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The Mukden Incident was also known as the Manchurian Incident. It was located in the Inner Manchuria, Republic of China. It was a staged event created by a Japanese military soldier.
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The Long Walk was a military reterat by the Red Army of the Communist Party. There was not only one long march but several as armies in the south tried to escaoe to the North.
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The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict mostly between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. China fought Japan with the help of Germany, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
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Nanking Massace is also known as the Rape of Nanking. This was a six week killing streak committed by the Japenese troops against Nanking. Thousands of people loss their lives and rape and looting occured during this time span.
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After the Civil War Mao Zedong declared the founding Republic of China on October 1, 1949. Mao thought that socialism would boot out all the exyensive land reforms and drug traficking.
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The Communist party are slowly losing powwer so the leaders leave for the island of Taiwan, which they make the capitol.
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The 17 Point Agreement with Tibet was a legal document that established China's sovereignty over Tibet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Point_Agreement_for_the_Peaceful_Liberation_of_Tibet
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The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign by the Communist party. It was created to make a more Communist economy, but had more negative effects than positive.
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The May 16 Notification was a document that was in rtegards of the dismissal of Peng, Lou, Lu, and Yang. The document basically summed up Mao's idea for the Cultural Revolution.
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On October 25, 1971 the United Natins publicly announced China as a reprsentative.They lost their slot in the United Nations due to the Communist Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations
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Nixon;s visit to China allowed the Americcan people to see images of China for the first time in over twenty years.
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The Gang of Four was a group of four Chinese Communist Party officials. The four memebers were put to trial in 1981 and were convicted of anti-party activities.
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China's One Child Policy was instituted because China was having birthrates of over four babies per family and at the same time they were having a shortage in food.
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The Tiananmen Square protests took place in China in 1989. Students in Beijing exposed secrets within Chinia's leaders. The protests were put down by force when troops with guns went in and kicked out the protestors.
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The Three Gorges Dam is located in Sandouping, Yiling, Hubei. It is 7,661 feet tall and 131 feet wide. In 2012, the amount of electricity the dam generated was similar to the amount generated by the Itaipu Dam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam
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The return og Hong Kong to China from the United Kingdom is referred to as "the Handover" or "the Return."
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The sovereignty of Macua from the Portuguese to China happened on December 20, 1999. In 1535 Macua was settled by Portoguese merchants but after the 2Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking Portougese signes it over to China.
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The Hainan Island incident happened on April 1, 2001. When a mid-air collision between the United States and a PLAN jet. It developed an internationls problem for the United States and China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
