Chronology of key evens in China Flashcards
The First Opium War with Britain
1839-42
China is defeated by Japan in a war over Korea
1894-5
The boxer rebellion
1898-1901
The Double Tenth Revolution against the Qing Dynasty
1911
Emperor Pu Yi abdicates; Yuan Shikai becomes president of the Chinese republic
1912
Yuan Shikai dies; Warlord era begins
1916
The May Fourth Movement: Mass demonstrations take place against the Versailles treaty
1919
The CCP is created
1921
The first united front between the CCP and the GMD
1923
Sut Yatsen dies and is succeeded as GMD leader by Chiang Kai-shek
Northern expedition
1926
White Terror in Shanghai
The GMD is established at Nanjing
Mao Zedong sets up the Jiangxi Soviet
1927
Japanese forces invade Manchuria
1931
The Beginning of the Long March (propaganda)
1934
MAo is chosen as chairman of the CCP at Zunyi conference
The Long March ends; the CCP set up base at Yanan
1935
The Second United Front between GMD and CCP
The Marco Polo Bridge incident; the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war
1937
Mao publishes on New Democracy
1940
Mao’s first rectification campaign at Yanan
1942
World War Two ends with Japanese surrender
1945
The PLA wins the Battle for Manchuria and the Battle of Huai-Hai
1948
Chiang flees to Taiwan -> The People’s Republic of China is established by the CCP
1948
The PLA invades Tibet.
Mao visits Moscow; the Sino-Soviet Friendship Treaty is signed
Land reform: abot 2 million landlords are killed.
The outbreak of the Korean War: China intervenes on North Korea’s side Campaign against Counter-revolutionaries
1950
Three Anties campaign, aimed at corrupt officials
1951
The Beginning of the First Five Year Plan + the End of the Korean War
1953
The New Constitution is introduced -> China officially becomes a one-party state
1954
The Hundred Flower campaign; followed by the Anti-Rightist campaign
1957
The beginning of the Great Leap Forward
1958
