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Chinese Revolutions

  • Begininng of Chinese Revolution

    Begininng of Chinese Revolution
    Led to the end of the Qing dynasty started when a bomb accidentally exploded causing uprisings.
  • Sun Yat Sen is declared president

    Sun Yat Sen is declared president
    Sun Yat Sen was declared President of the provisional republic in1912; New government was created containing a senate and a lower house
  • Beginning of Communist and Nationalist Fued

    Beginning of Communist and Nationalist Fued
    Guomindang, led by Chiang Kai Shek had a competieion with China between the Communists and the Nationalists
  • Mao Zedong

    Came up witht the idea of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
  • Sun Yat Sen dies

    Sun Yat Sen dies
    Sun Yat Sen dies causing the alliance to fall apart
  • Alliance is broken

    Alliance is broken
    Chiang Kai Shek got into an arguement with the communists causing the alliance to fall
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    Communist Long March

    The Communist Long March lasted 368 days and about 5.000 miles
  • Founding of the People's Republic of China

    Founding of the People's Republic of China
    Mao Zedong establishes the People's Republic of China
  • Japanese destroy Nanking

    Japanese destroy Nanking
    The Japanese destroy the chinese city of Nanking
  • Rectficiation program

    Rectficiation program
    Student and intellectuals were sent to the country side to let them experience the "Real China"
  • Republic of China begins

    Republic of China begins
    Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China. End of the Civil war between the Nationalist and the Communists
  • Official Creation

    Official Creation
    Mao declared the creation of the People's Republic of China
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    Against Guomondang

    Over 25,000 people was accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries withthe Guomondang
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    China's 5 year plan

    Industries increased, Peasants had to grow alot of crops and sell them at a low price, the population increases
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    Great Leap Forward

    20 million people dies and there were less peasants to feed
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    Cultural Revolution

    Chinese schools didn't operate; an entire decade was determined to create a cultural revolution; left a generation with a lack of formal education
  • Death of Mao Zedong

    Death of Mao Zedong
    Mao Zedong passes away this year