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The Taiping Rebellion was a huge civil war in southern China against the ruling Machu led Qing Dynasty. It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan, who thought he was the younger brother of jesus. This was one of the deadliest military conficts in history, 20 million civilians died. The Rebelion resulted in a Qing Dynasty victory
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The Wuchang Uprising started the Xinhai Revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. After the victory of the Wuchang Uprising, preperations immediately began to set up a government. Text: http://www.chinavoc.com/history/public/establish.htm
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The Republic of China was formed when the Qing Dynasty fell in 1912. Several provinces declared independence from the Qing Dynasty and on January 1.
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The Northern Expedition, was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang from 1926 to 1928. Its main objective was to unify China under its own control, the military campaign by which the Kuomintang party overthrew the warlord-backed Beijing government and established a new government at Nanjing.
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The Mukden Incident, was a staged event engineered by rogue Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion of the northeastern part of China, which resulted in Japanese victory. Text:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident
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The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang. The Long March came about when the Chinese Communists had to flee a concerted Guomingdang attacked that had been ordered by Chiang Kai-shek.
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The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China.
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The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred during a six-week period. Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre Text:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
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The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station.
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The Republic of China joined the UN in 1945. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and the government of the Republic of China relocated to Taipei after losing the Chinese Civil War. The United States and other countries opposed the admission of the PRC in the UN, and the ROC, now based in Taiwan, kept its membership of the UN until October 25, 1971.
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The Great Leap Forward, was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China. The campaign was led by Mao Zedong and aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through rapid industrialization. Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
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The People's Republic of China was formally established, with its national capital at Beijing. Text:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China
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Led by Mao Zedong's fourth wife, Jiang Qing, the Gang of Four was a powerful political influence on Chinese Communism during final years of Mao's life. The name was given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. The Gang of Four controlled the power organs of the Communist Party of China through the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution. Text:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four Image:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four
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The cultural revolution had a massive impact on China. The Cultural Revolution is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China, it was an attempt by Mao to re-impose his authority on the party and therefore the country.
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The May 16 Notification was a social- political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China. Mao alleged that bourgeois elements were infilitating the government and society at large. Text:http://thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-16-1966-may-16-notification-ousts.html
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In a dramatic reversal of its long-standing commitment to the Nationalist Chinese government of Taiwan, and a policy of non-recognition of the communist People’s Republic of China, America’s U.N. representatives vote to seat the PRC as a permanent member.
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The American people had seen little of the world's most populous nation since the Communists had taken power. Nixon's visit to China in February 1972 was widely televised and heavily viewed. It was only a first step, but a decisive one, in the budding rapprochement between the two states.
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The One-Child Policy restricts the majority of Chinese families to one child each. The consequences of having a child without a birth permit vary by province, with fines reaching as high as several times the average annual income. Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy
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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, were student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing and received broad support from city residents, exposing deep splits within China's political leadership.
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The transfer of authority over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "The Return" in China, took place on July 1, 1997and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong.
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The transfer of sovereignty of Macau was from the Portuguese Republic.It was given over in a formal handover ceremony.
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The Hainan Island incident occured when a United States and People's Liberation had a plane collison.It caused international dispute between the two countries.
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As they lose ground to the communist forces of Mao Zedong, Chinese Nationalist leaders depart for the island of Taiwan, where they establish their new capital.
image:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
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