CHINA TOPIC DATES Flashcards
boxer uprising
November 1899 to september 1901
imperial civil service exams abolished
1905
wuchang uprising
10th october 1911
Sun Yat-sen President
January 1912
abdication of Puyi
February 1912
yuan shikai president
march 1912
KMT established
august 1912
second revolution by KMT
January 1913
yuan shikai emperor
december 1915
warlord era
1916 to 1927
may 4th movement
may 4th 1919
self-strengthening reforms
1902-1911
CCP foudned in
1921
first United front
1926
shanghai massacres
April 1927
start of long march
16th October 1934
5th extermination camapaign
september 1933
zunyi meeting
january 1935
japan invaision of manchuria
september 1931
Xi’an incident
december 1936
new fourth army incident
january 1941
rape of nanking
december 1937
sino-japanese war
1937 to 1945
start of civil war
june 1946
Huai-Hai campaign
november to January 1949
establishment of peoples republic of china
1st October 1949
Zhen fan
march 1950
three/five anti campaigns
1951
Agrarian reform law
30th June 1950
mutual aid teams
1952
Elementary co-operative
1953
higher co-operatives
1956
1st Five year plan
1953-7
Marriage law
1950
electoral law
1953
hundred flowers campaign
1956 to 1957
anti-rightist movement
1957 to 1959
Great leap foward
1958 to 1961
socialist education movement
1962
four cleanups movement
1964
speech by lin biao
25th may 1966
four olds campaign
20th august 1966
down to the countryside movement
december 1958
death of mao and gang of four
1976
Bucharest conference
1960
khrushchev visit to beijing
1954
zhous death
1976
Qingming festival
april 5th
zhao ziyang premier
1980
four modernizations
december 1978
deng xiaoping as president
1978
university entrance examinations restored
1977
one child policy
1979
democracy wall
1978 december
student protests
1986 to 1987
death of hu yaobang
15th april 1986
declaration of martial law
20th may
tianamen square massacre
4TH june 1979