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Mao Zedong’s communist party won against Guo Min Dang of Chiang Kai-shek and formed the People’s Republic of China.
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China starts first "Great Leap Forward", a five-year plan to strive for economic growth by emphasizing development of heavy industry and technology. (no exact date)
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China was involved in the Korean War on the side of North Korea.
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The great Chinese famine was caused by a combination of unfavourable weather conditions, social pressure, economic mismanagement, and extensive changes in agriculture imposed by government regulations. (no exact dates)
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Mao Zedong launched the Chinese Revolution, a 10-year plan to regain his power after being disregarded because of “Great Leap Forward”. He wanted the Chinese to give up their traditional ways of living and thinking and replace it with a Communist way of life ; he wanted China to be classless.
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Red guards are student groups created to deal with people who were against Mao’s ideas. (no exact date)
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President Richard Nixon visited China and normalised the countries’ relationship.
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Mao died. His supporters, Gang of Four, were jailed because of extremist beliefs. Hua Guo Feng is declared Chairman of Party.
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Deng Xiao Ping became the country’s leader. (no exact date)
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Britain and China agreed to terms for the handing back of Hong Kong.
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Thousands of students protested and rallied for democracy in Tiananmen Square but were cracked down by government’s troops of army.
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Jiang Zemin officially replaces Yang Shangkun as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
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Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control.
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2003 - Present. China’s economy continues to grow at around 10% a year, some economists expect it to overtake the USA by 2020. Government tries to cut corruption and settle political conflict.
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China's "Open-door policy" opens the country to foreign investment in December. (no exact date)
