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The 1st Opium War was a war between Great Britian and China over illegial opium smugglers.
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A war between China and Japan over control of Korea.
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The boxers, a gorup of people named for their martial arts skills, wanted to get rid of all foreign influence.
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The Open Door Policy kept foreigners in control, as the foreigners could now all equally trade with China.
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After a revoltion in 1911, two different parties formed. The Communist Party, and the Nationalist Party.
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When The Nationalists tried to get rid of the communists, some fled to northwest China. This became known as the Long March.
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The Communists took over China, and the Nationalists were forced to go to Taiwan and make their own governement.
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The Great Leap forward was organized by Mao in hopes of making China able to compete with the modern, industrialized nations.
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A revolution lead by Chairman Mao to get rid of any "counter-revoultionary" items.
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President Nixon visits China in hopes of improving relations with them.
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Chairman Mao dies, which ends the Cultural Revolution.
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Government-controlled tanks and troops raided Tiananmen Square, where students had been doing what the government called "counter-revolutionary" demonstrations, killing both students that hadn't fled, and civilians trying to stop them.
