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A bloody uprising in China against foreigners. Boxers began attacking Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians in the late 1890's.
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The Qing dynasty fell in 1911–1912; it was the end of the nation's long imperial history. That stretched back at least to 221 BCE when Qin Shi Huangdi first united China into a single empire. During that time, China was the single undisputed superpower in east. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Qing-dynasty -
The Republic of China was formed when the Qing Dynasty fell in 1912.
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An intellectual revolution that was directed toward national independence, emancipation of the individual, and rebuilding society and culture. https://www.britannica.com/event/May-Fourth-Movement -
The conflict began when China began a full scale resistance to the Japanese expanding their influence in the territory. The war began in 1937 but wasn't officially declared until December 9, 1941.
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On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China and ended the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang(KMT). https://www.britannica.com/place/China/Establishment-of-the-Peoples-Republic -
After touring China Mao concluded that the Chinese people were capable of anything and the two primary tasks that he felt they should target was industry and agriculture. Also known as the Second Five Year Plan. They created large scale rural communes to meet China's industrial and agricultural problems.
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The Cultural Revolution was launched in China in 1966 by Communist leader Mao Zedong in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. Chairman Mao thought the current Communist leaders were taking the country in the wrong direction. He gathered a group of radicals to attack the current party leadership and reassert his authority. https://www.history.com/topics/china/cultural-revolution -
Deng Xiaoping introduced the concept of the socialist market economy in 1978. Chinese people living in poverty dropped from 88 per cent in 1981 to 6 per cent in 2017.
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Also called June Fourth incident or 6/4. Series of protests and demonstrations in China. Tanks and heavily armed soldiers advanced towards Tiananmen Square and crushed or opened fire on anyone blocking their way. https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident