Chinese Revolution Timeline

By JuliusSeizure

  • 1911 Revolution

    Revolution of 1911 leads to end of dynastic rule

  • Republic of China formed

    Formation of the PRC

  • CCP Founded

    Mao founds the CCP

  • Death of Sun Yat-sen

    Sun Yat-sen dies of cancer

  • Sanghai massacre

    Nationalists take action against Communist Party

  • Long March

    Mao participates in the Long March (368 days en route)

  • Manchurian Invasion

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria

  • Rectification programs

    Students and intellectuals were "reeducated" through labor

  • Fouding of the PRC

    Fouding of the People's Republic of China.

  • Citizens executed

    28,332 people accused of being spies and counterrevolutionaries were executed.
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    First 5 year plan

    First 5 year plan by China
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    Great Leap Forward

    The "Great Leap Forward" by China
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    Chinese Cultural Revolution

    Movement to "revitalize" revolution in China

  • Death of Mao

    Mao Zedong dies