Mao's China Key Events By AnnieWinf Dec 8, 1936 Xian Incident Dec 8, 1937 Japanese Forces Attack Beijing Dec 8, 1937 2nd United Front Period: Dec 8, 1939 to Dec 9, 1945 WW2 Dec 8, 1941 New Fourth Army Incident Dec 8, 1941 US Enters WW2 Allies with GMD Dec 8, 1945 Peace Agreement Between GMD & CCP Dec 8, 1946 CCP & GMD Civil War Period: Dec 8, 1946 to Dec 9, 1949 CCP GMD Civil War Dec 8, 1948 CCP Captures Manchuria Oct 1, 1949 PRC Established Dec 8, 1949 CCP Capture Beijing Dec 8, 1950 Suppression of Counter-revolutionaries Campaign Dec 8, 1950 Agrarian Reform Law Period: Dec 8, 1950 to Dec 9, 1953 Korean War Dec 8, 1951 Three Antis Campaign Dec 8, 1952 The Five Antis Campaign Dec 8, 1953 Rao Shushi & Gao Gang expelled from CCP Dec 8, 1957 Hundred Flowers Campaign Period: Dec 8, 1958 to Dec 9, 1961 The Great Leap Forward Dec 8, 1959 Peng Dehuai Purged from CCP Dec 8, 1960 Soviet Advisors Withdrawn from China Dec 8, 1962 7000 Cadre Conference Dec 19, 1962 Border War with India Dec 19, 1963 Socialist Education Movement Launched Dec 19, 1964 Sucessful Atomic bomb Test Period: Dec 8, 1966 to Dec 9, 1969 Cultural Revolution Jan 19, 1967 Revolution in Shanghai Dec 19, 1967 Crack Down on Red Guards Dec 19, 1969 Border Clashes with USSR Dec 19, 1972 President Nixon Visits China Dec 19, 1972 PRC gets UN seat Dec 19, 1973 Anti-Confucius Campaign launched by Gang of Four Dec 19, 1976 Demonstrations Against Gang of Four Dec 19, 1976 Death of Mao Dec 19, 1978 Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount Leader Dec 19, 1979 Crackdown on Democracy Movement Dec 19, 1979 China invade Vietnam Dec 19, 1979 Special Economic Zones Established Dec 19, 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong Dec 19, 1986 Trade Agreement with USSR
