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The Opium War (China and Britain)
The British were exporting Opium to China in the 1800s. Opium is a drug that is highly addictive. The selling of this drug also drained China's silver supply. China thought this was bad, so they banned the imports of Opium. When Britain kept exporting it, China destroyed a British Opium Ship which spiked the war. China was no match for Britain become of Britains advanced technology. This was a big moment in Chinese history because China lost Hong Kong, and it could no longer set trade terms. -
Taiping Rebellion of 1851-1865
Because of the loss of territory in the Qing Dynasty, the people started to think the Mandate of Heaven was lost. The peasants started to revolt in various wars. One very serious war was the Taiping rebellion which lasted 14 years. More than 20 million people died as a result. This marked the downfall of the Qing dynasty and a revolution in China that called for reforms in the government and society. -
Sino-Japanese War of 1895
Japan became expanding into China during the the Spheres of Influence. It had adopted western technology and modernized industries. In 1895, Japan invaded China, and China obviously lost because of its lack of modern technology. Japan won Formosa (Taiwan) and extended its influence to Korea. This is important because it marks a bitter relationship between Japan and China and it affects the Communits and Nationalists relationships in the 1900s -
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The Last Emperor of China, End of the Dynasties
This was when China's last Dynasty ended, opening the door for the different types of government are allowed to form and China has broken free from 2000 years of dynastic rule. -
The Establishment of Republican China
This was when China offically transitioned from an Empire and became the Republic of China. The government was a republic, and its first president was Yuan Shikai. -
Nationalists Win First (only election)
In 1913 the Nationalist Party wins China's first and only elections. Shortly afterwards Yuan Shikai dissolves the parlament, taking many of the powers for himself and his cabinet. This is China's first step towards a more non-democratic government. -
The May 4th Uprising
May 4th, protests by the Chinese people mostly Chinese students in response for China's little part in the Treaty of Versailes. They also protested against the role which the government played in their lives. These protests began a series of protests across China. And began the shift from an elitest society to a more populous society. -
The Long March of 1934
The Nationalist Army, led by Chiang Kai-Shek chased the Communists out of China. The Communists fled 6,000 miles in one year from southeastern China to northwestern China. On about 7,000 survived the Long March. This marked the symbol of the hardships the communists would have before gaining power in 1949 -
Tianamen Square Massacre
In 1989, student protests in Beijing started because of students wanting democratic reforms. At this time Deng Xiao-Ping was introducing Capitalism to China. These protests started to get ugly. The PLA started to open fire and kill thousand of Chinese. The government wanted no records of deaths to be out, so they burned bodies, and files or tapes of any bloodshed. This event marked the strict rules China now puts on China to stop protests.
