China AOS1 Stats Flashcards
How much area does China cover?
9.2 million km2
What % do mountain ranges cover and how much viable farm land does this leave?
60% mountain range
15-20% farm land
What % of the population are Han and how many different languages are spoken?
90% Han
55 languages
What % of the population to peasants make up?
80%
Timeline of peasant population increase from 1700s to 1850s:
1700: 200 mill
1800: 300 mill
1850: 450 mill
How much land did peasants own?
17%
What % were the landlords and what % of land did they own in the 1850s and 1930s?
1850s: 60% land
1930s: 4% population, 50% land
When was the century of shame?
1849-1949
When was the Taiping Rebellion and how many people were killed?
1850-1864
30-50 million killed
Between what years was the New Government period?
1901-1909
When did Sun create the Revive China Society?
1894
When were the Three Principles of the People made?
1905
Under Sun’s democracy transition plan, how many years of military dictatorship were required?
3 years
Under Sun’s democracy transition plan, how many years of ‘tutelage period’ were required?
6 years
When was Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance) formed?
Sept 1905
By what year, how many members had contacts in provinces?
1906, 10,000 members
Between what years did 3 out 4 major rebellions occur?
1908-1911
When did the Xinhai Revolution occur?
10 October 1911
Within how many, how many provinces declared independence during the Xinhai Revolution?
6 weeks
24 provinces
When was the Provisional Government proclaimed during the Xinhai revolution?
29 December 1911
When did Sun become the provisional president during the Xinhai Revolution?
1st January 1912
When did the Qing Dynasty accept that they lost the Mandate of Heaven?
12 February 1912
When did parliament elections occur in Yuan’s government?
Jan 1913
When did Yuan pressure how many GMD members to resign and when was Song assassinated?
June 1912, 4 GMD members forced to resign
March 1913 assassination of Song
When did Yuan secure the Reorganisation Loan and how much did he secure?
April 1913 he secured $100 million foreign money
How much yuan worth of debt did Yuan have per month?
13 million yuan/month of debt
When did the GMD backed province declare independence from Yuan’s government and how long did it take for how many other provinces to rebel?
July 1913 GMD backed province declared independence
1 month later, 6 other provinces rebelled
When was the GMD banned under Yuan?
4 Nov 1913
When were national & provincial parliaments dissolved under Yuan?
Jan 1914
When did Yuan extend his presidency and how long to?
May 1914
President term extended from 5 years to 10 years
When were the 21 Demands delivered?
18 Jan 1915
When was the ‘day of shame’ after the acceptance of the 21 Demands?
7 May 1915
When did Yuan assume the title of emperor?
1 Jan 1916
How many were for Yuan becoming emperor and how many were against?
1993 For
0 Against
When did Yuan renounce his claim to the throne?
March 1916
When did Yuan die?
June 1916
When was the New Cultural Movement?
mid 1910s
When was the New Youth journal founded?
1915
When did China enter WW1?
1917
When was the secret agreement made that gave German concessions in China to Japan?
1918
When was the May Fourth Movement?
May 4 1919
How many students gathered in Tiananmen Square during the May Fourth Movement?
3000
How many student leaders were arrested during the May Fourth Movement?
30
How many universities participated in the May Fourth Movement?
12
How long did it take for how many provinces to start protesting after the May Fourth Movement?
1 month
20 provinces
How many towns & cities had protests and strikes following the May Fourth Movement?
100+
When and how many workers went on strike in Shanghai following the May Fourth Movement?
June 1919
100,000
When was there a conflict between the northern warlords?
late 1924
When did Sun Yatsen die?
12 March 1925
When did British guards fire on protestors in Shanghai and how many did they kill?
30th May 1925
Killed 11 men
How many protestors were killed in Gangzhou for the ‘May 30 Martyrs’?
52
When did the Shanghai Worker’s Union call a general strike and how many workers and students participated and for how long?
1st June 1925
200,000 workers
50000 students
lasted 2 months
How many members did the CCP have by the start of 1927?
57,000
How many workers and students were involved in strikes total by the start of 1927?
17 million
When was Liao Zhongkai (GMD pro United Front) assassinated?
20th August 1925
When the communist gunboat alleged to have kidnapped Jiang?
20th March 1926
When was Jiang elected Chairman of GMD?
July 1926
When was the mobilization of the Northern Expedition announced?
1st July 1926
When did the Nationalist Revolutionary Army march North?
27th July 1926
How many troops and Huangpu officers were in the NRA?
85,000 troops
6,000 Huangpu officers
How many combined warlord troops were there?
750,000 troops
By what year had Jiang’s army increased in size and started marching on Nanjing and Shanghai?
1927
When was the creation of Comintern?
March 1919
When did the Comintern agents arrive in China?
April 1920
When was the First National Party Congress and how many delegates went?
July 1921 - 12 delegates from cells across China and Japan
How large was the Chinese Communist Party at the time of the First National Congress?
only 57 in a population of 400 Million
When did the National Assembly gather in the southern city of Guangzhou to elect Sun as the grand marshal of a new military govt?
August + September 1917
When did Sun return to Guangzhou to build a new govt. with General Chen Jiongming?
May 1921
When did Sun meet with Comintern agent Maring and Joffe to discuss the reorganisation of the GMD?
August 1922
When did the Sun-Joffe declaration occur?
26 January 1923
When was the first National Congress of the reorganised GMD?
29-30 January 1923
How many of the seats of the new GMD Central Executive Committee were given to the communists?
24
When was the Huangpu Military Academy founded?
1 May 1924
When did Jiang Jieshi return from the USSR?
3 May 1924
When did Borodin move the government to Wuhan?
1st Jan 1927
When did Nationalist troops march on Shanghai?
March 1927
When did Wang & Chen issue a joint statement reaffirming the FUF?
April 1927
When did Big Ears Du send how many men into Shanghai working class districts?
12th April 1927
2000 man militia
How many communists were killed in the Shanghai Massacre?
5-10,000