China Timeline Flashcards
1
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1900
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Boxer Uprising
2
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1908
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- Death of Cixi
- Accession of Puyi
3
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1911
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- Double 10th Revolution
- Establishment of a republic
4
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1912
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Yuan Shikai becomes leader of China
5
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1916
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- Death of Yuan Shikai
- Beginning of the warlord era
6
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1917
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Sun Yat-sen becomes the leader of a Nationalist government
7
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1919
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May 4th Movement
8
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1924
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Formation of the first United Front
9
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1925
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Chiang Kai-Sheck becomes leader of GMD
10
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1927
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- Shanghai Massacres
- End of the United Front
11
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1930
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Start of the Extermination Campaign against the Communists
12
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1931
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Japanese invasion & occuption of Manchuria
13
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1934
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Communists begin Long March
14
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1937
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- Start of Sino-Japanese War
- Rape of Nanjing
15
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1945
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Outbreak of civil war between the GMD & CCP
16
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1949
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Establishment of the People’s Republic of China
17
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1950
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- Agrarian Reform Law
- Marriage Law
- Treaty of Friendship, Alliance & Mutual Assistance with Soviet Union
18
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1951
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Introduction of Thought Reform
19
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1952
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Introduction of first Five Year Plan
20
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1957
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Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
21
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1958
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Great Leap Forward
22
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1962
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Sino-Soviet split
23
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1966
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Mao launches Cultural Revolution
24
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1976
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- Death of Mao
- Rise and fall of the Gang of Four
25
1978
Deng Xiaoping becomes leader of China
26
1979
- Beginning of Democracy Movement
- Introduction of one-child policy
27
1989
Deng crushes protests in Tiananmen Square
