China Timeline Flashcards
Cixi died, replaced by Pu Yi
1906
Worst harvest failure in 40 years
1911
Rebellion against govt in Sichuan province after police fired on demonstrators, killing many. Help from SY
September
1911
Rebellion escalated, soldiers in New Army supported rebels
October 10th
1911
Pu Yi abdicates, Yuan Shikai becomes President
February 12
1912
National Assembly formed with elections but banned
1912
21 Demands from JPN accepted
1915
Yuan become Emperor, accepted Mandate of Heaven
January 1
1916
Yuan renounced the throne
March
1916
Yuan died
June
1916
Warlord china
1916
May the 4th movement
May 4th
1919
CCP formed
1921
GMD accepted military and financial aid from RU
1923
Whampoa Academy set up with RU
1924
SY died
CK=leader
1925
Northern Expedition, remove warlords
1926
Hankow captured, govt set up there
September
1926
CCP-30000 members
1926
GMD captured Nanjing, Nationalist govt set up
S of Yangtze in GMD hands
1927
China reunified
CK recognised by foreign powers
June
1927
CCP-58000 people
1927
The Shanghai Massacres
1927
Nationalist China
1928
Jianxi Soviet
1928
Extermination campaigns
1930
Japan invaded Manchuria
1931
Change of extermination campaign
1934
87000 breakout of Jianxi Soviet
Long March
October 16
1934
Met GMD at Xian river
45000 died
November 25
1934
RA reach Zunyi
Better tactics made
January 9th
1935
RA reach Yanan
October
1935
Chiang imprisoned by own general
Forced to make 2nd United Front
1936
2nd United Front formed
1937
Japan attack Marco Polo bridge, occupy Beijing extend control over N CHN
July
1937
Chiang attacked Japan in Shanghai, war spread to C CHN
Shanghai captured by Japan, advanced to Yangtze
August
1937
Japan captured Nanjing forced Chiang to retreat to Sichuan and set up new capital in Chongqing
December
1937
1mn Japanese in China, controlled main cities, lines of communication, most populated areas in CHN
January
1938
Hundred Regiments Battle
1940
2mn Japanese in China, 3 All campaign
Controlled large cities, links, never had full control
1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbour
US declare war
December 7
1941
Rectification campaign
1942
New offensive in JPN in SE, aim of destroying all US airfields, cut Chiang from coast
April
1944
Japan forced to retreat in Burma and Pacific Ocean, to Manchuria
CCP controlled liberated areas
1945
US used atom bomb on HIroshima
August 6
1945
USSR declared war on Japan, invaded Manchuria
August 8th
1945
US used atom bomb on Nagasaki
Japan surrendered
August 9th
1945
Civil war between CCP+GMD
June
1946
GMD, offensive, take Manchuria, main CCP base
June
1946
GMD won battles, attacked Yanan
PLA avoided major battles, night raids, blow up railways
March
1947
PLA strong enough, aim of total destruction of NRA
NRA retreat after last Nationalist base lost
1948
Battle of Huai Hai, NRA lost control of N+C, retreat
November
1948
Chiang fled to Taiwan
January
1949
Fall of Beijing to the PLA
April
1949
Fall of Shanghai to PLA
May
1949
Common programme outlined aims
September 29
1949
People’s Republic of China formed
October 1
1949
Agrarian land reforms
June
1950
Mutual aid teams
1951
Thought reforms
1951
3 Anti Movement
1951
5 Anti campaign
1951
Lower stage cooperatives
1953
5 year plan
1953
Higher Stage cooperatives
1956
100 Flowers campaign
1956
97% in cooperatives
1957
11mn tonnes of steel production
1957
GLF
1958
All peasants in communes
1958
Actual grain yield=170mnt, Mao=282mnt
1959
Mao resigned as Head of State but kept the title of Chairman
1959
USSR experts sent to RU
1960
CR
1966
Liu Shaoqui expelled from party
1966
RG formed
May
1966
British embassy stormed
August
1967
PLA restored order during CR
1968
Zhou dies
1976
Mao dies
September 9
1976
G of 4 expelled from CCP
1977
Deng returns to power
1977
Democracy wall started
1979
Wei Jingshen wrote attack on Deng
1979
Massacre of Tiananmen Square
June
1979
