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Modern China Timeline

  • 1st Opium War

    1st Opium War
    War aginst opium trade, Great Britain won, opium trade continues.
  • Sino-Japanese War (China/Japan War)

    Sino-Japanese War (China/Japan War)
    Japan won and Gained Formosa (Taiwan)
  • Boxer Rebellion (Uprising)

    Boxer Rebellion (Uprising)
    Boxers fight for their freedom, Europeans defeat them.
  • Open Door Policy

    Open Door Policy
    Foreigners remain in control of the trade, everyone has an equal trade of China.
  • Communist Party Organized (Formed)

    Communist Party Organized (Formed)
    The communist party emerges from all the fighting.
  • The long March

    The long March
    The Communist party had to flea across the plains of tibet.
  • Nationalist Flea to Taiwan/Mao controls Communist China

    Nationalist Flea to Taiwan/Mao controls Communist China
    The Nationalist lose the civil war and are forced out by Mao.
  • Beginning the Great Leap Forward

    Beginning the Great Leap Forward
    Mao decides it's time to try to beat the world powers in steel production.
  • Great Proleterian Cultural Revolution

    Great Proleterian Cultural Revolution
    Mao tells everyone to destroy the four olds and only present communist ideas.
  • President Nixion visits China

    President Nixion visits China
    President Nixion meets Mao to avoid making new enemies with communist China.
  • Mao dies as does the Cultural Revolution

    Mao dies as does the Cultural Revolution
    Mao passes away and his ideas seem to fade with him.
  • Tiananmen Square Massacre

    Tiananmen Square Massacre
    After Mao dies the people want to fight for their freedoms