China Flashcards

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China: Dates of the Long March

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Oct 1934 - Oct 1935

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China: Events of the 1910s:

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  • Feb 1912: Revolution - Emperor Puyi abdicates - Sun Yat-sen takes power
  • Mar 1912: Sun resigns in favour of Yuan Shikai, but Yuan will shoot Song and pay off then dissolve Parliament
  • 1913: Sun’s failed ‘Second Revolution’ against Yuan
  • 1915: Yuan declares himself Emperor
  • 1915: Yuan accepts Japan’s 21 Demands
  • 1916: Yuan dies, leaving a weak state in Beijing - the Warlord Era begins
  • 1919: May Fourth Movement
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Stages of the Korean War:

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1950-51: The main back and forward fighting - Seoul is captured and recaptured four times
- N Korea invades - Allies pinned at Pusan before Incheon Landing
- Oct 1950: Chinese intervention, captures Seoul but then recaptured

1951-53: A long stalemate, with both sides wanting to end the War but the USSR not allowing it

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