Dates

Question 1

When was the 2nd Opium War?

Answer 1

1860

Question 2

By when had the Chinese empire grown weak?

Answer 2

1900

Question 3

When did the Japanese take away Korea, Taiwan (Formosa), Lushun (Port Arthur)

Answer 3

1894-1895

Question 4

When was the Tai Ping Rebellion?

Answer 4

1850-1864

Question 5

When were the 100 days of reform

Answer 5

1898

Question 6

When was the boxer rebellion?

Answer 6

1900

Question 7

When was the 1st Chinese revolution

Answer 7

1911

Question 8

When did sun harden lead the “revive China society”?

Answer 8

1894-1905

Question 9

When did Sun Yatsen found the “Tongmenhui” - “sworn Chinese brotherhood” ?

Answer 9

1905

Question 10

When did the Epress Dowager Cixi die

Answer 10

1908 - 73 y o

Question 11

When was there a period of economic difficulty and discontent in China

Answer 11

1911

Question 12

When did PuYi (2 y o) become emperor

Answer 12

1908

Question 13

When did prince chun get power

Answer 13

1908

Question 14

When was the wuchang rebellion

Answer 14

September 1911

Question 15

When did the New Army join the rebellions at wuchang

Answer 15

10 October 1911

Question 16

When was there a PG set up in Nanjing

Answer 16

November 1911

Question 17

When did Yuan Shikai get PM & Commandwr in chief?

Answer 17

November 1911

Question 18

When was Yuan Shikai elected president by the “United Provunces of China” assembly at Nanjing?

Answer 18

February 1912

Question 19

When did prince Chung and PuYi abdicate

Answer 19

12 February 1912

Question 20

When was the presidency of yuan Shikai

Answer 20

1912 - 1916

Question 21

Wen was the constitutional assembly set up?

Answer 21

1912

Question 22

When were the 1st democratic election for the national assembly?

Answer 22

1913

Question 23

Wen did yuan Shikai dissolve the National Assembly

Answer 23

January 1914

Question 24

When did Yuan Shikai make himself the Emperor of China

Answer 24

1915

Question 25

When did Yuan Shikai accept the "Mandate of Heaven"

Answer 25

December 1915

Question 26

When were the 21 demands by the Japanese?

Answer 26

Early 1915

Question 27

When did the rebellions against Yuan Shikai start

Answer 27

Christmas 1915

Question 28

When did Yuan Shikai die of a stroke (/"broken heart")

Answer 28

June 1916

Question 29

When did the Beijing government only control a small area around beijing?

Answer 29

1916-1927

Question 30

When were the larger civil wars in China

Answer 30

1920-22

Question 31

When was the May the 4th movement

Answer 31

4th may 1919

Question 32

When was the new ride set up

Answer 32

1916

Question 33

when did Mao Zedong help set up the "society for the study of Marxism ?

Answer 33

1918

Question 34

When did the members of the "society for the study of marxism" set up the "Chinese communist party"?

Answer 34

1921

Question 35

Since when were the Guomindang in control of Guangdong?

Answer 35

1917

Question 36

When did the USSR send the diplomat Abram Joffe to Russia to help the organisation of the Guomindang?

Answer 36

1922

Question 37

When did sun Yatsen announce the 3 principles of the Guomindang

Answer 37

1924

Question 38

When did the Russian government send 2 additional agents to create an army strong enough to beat the warlords & conquer the rest of China?

Answer 38

1923

Question 39

When was the 1st Opium war between Britain and China

Answer 39

1839-1842

Question 40

When did the Japanese troops capture Shanghai?

Answer 40

November 1937