Modern Chinese History

  • Period: to

    Taiping Rebellion

    Taiping Rebellion was a large civil war in southern china. It was also a mellinarian movement that was orgaized by Hong Xiuquan. this was all against the ruing of manchu
  • Wuchang Uprising

    Wuchang Uprising
    The Wuchang Uprising was the Chinese revolution that presnted as the spark to the Xinhai Revolution which also ended the Qing Dynasty. This was located in Wuchang, Hubei, China. The ending result was the decisive Tongmenghui Victory.
  • Period: to

    Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan

    The Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan was an East Asian state that was being used by the current territories of China and Taiwan for almost 37 years.
  • Period: to

    Northern Expedition

    The Northern Expedition was a military campaign organized by the Kuomintang. Northern Expedition major target was to bring China together under its own control, by ending the rule. of Beiyang government as well as the local warlords. This event led to the end of the Warlord Era.
  • Period: to

    Mukden Incident

    The Mukden Incident has another name known as the Manchurian Incident, The Mukden Incident was a mount event arranged by the Japanese military work force as a excuse for the Japanese invasion of the northeastern part of China also known as Manchuria in 1931.
  • Period: to

    Long March

    Long March was a military retreat tooken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China and the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army that evaded the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army
  • Period: to

    Second Sino-Japanese War

    Second Sino-Japanese War was a military fight fought essentially between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan for four years. One of the outcomes was that China becomes a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
  • Period: to

    Nanking Massacre

    The Nanking Massacre has also been known as the Rape of Nanking. This was a day when the Japanese went against Nanking troops and committed crimes such as raping a majority of people and also killing them.
  • Founding Date of the Republic of China

    Founding Date of the Republic of China
    The Qing Dynasty ruled the Republic of China for about two hundred and sixty eight years. This specific event also starts after the Qing Dynasty in 1912. The Republic of China has really been through alot with Qing.
  • Founding of People's Republic of China

    Founding of People's Republic of China
    The Founding of People's Republic of China is a overlord state located in East Asia. It is the nations most populous country that has a population of over 1.35 billion people.
  • Period: to

    People's Republic of China admitted to UN

    Mao Zedong stated the buisness of the People's Republic of China and the government of the Republic of China had been relocated to Taipei after losing the Chinese Civil War.
  • Seventeen Point Agreement with Tibet

    The Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet is the document where the delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama reached an agreement with the government .
  • Period: to

    Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution

    The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social struggleby the Communist Party of China that lasted for three years. The struggle was organized by Mao Zedong and targeted to gradually transform the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through brisk industrialization and collectivization.
  • Period: to

    Gang of Four arrested

    Gang of Four arrested was the name given to a political clique made up of four Chinese Communist Party officials. The Gang of Four degraded general Lin Biao and they were classified the two major counter-revolutionary forces of the Cultural Revolution.
  • The May 16 Notification

    The May 16 Notification
    The May 16 Notification known as the Cultural Revolution was a social-political event that took place in the People's Republic of China for 10 years. The movement disabled China politically and significantly.
  • Period: to

    Nixon visits China

    When Richard Nixon visited in1972 to the People's Republic of China it was an important step in oficially multipying relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
  • One Child Policy Instituted

    One Child Policy Instituted
    One Child Policy Institute was also so known as The family planning policy in the West. tghere is a population control policy of the People's Republic of China. This policy was launched in 1979 to lighten environmental problems in China.
  • Period: to

    Tiananmen Square protests

    The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 is also known as the June Fourth Incident.The protests were convencingly suppressed by hardline leaders who ordered the military to enforce martial law in the country's capital.
  • Hong Kong Returned to China

    Hong Kong Returned to China
    Hong Kong Returned to China and is also known as the Handover or the Return. the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, and The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory gave the UK the control of Hong Kong Island.
  • Macau returned to China

    Macau was settled and governed by Portuguese dealers in 1535 during the Ming Dynasty. Macau is also the last remaining dependent state in Asia .
  • Hainan Island incident

    The Hainan Island incident happend when a mid-air collision with the United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy J-8II interceptor fighter jet.
  • Building of the Three Gorges Dam

    The Building of the Three Gorges Damis a hydroelectric dam that flows into the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping which is located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China.