Key Dates Flashcards
1911
Fall of the Qing dynasty
1925
Chiang Kishek took over the GMD
1937
Japanese occupation of China
1945
Japan defeated at end of WW1
1946-49
Civil war
1950-53
Korean War
1951
Anti movements
1952
All parties other than CCP banned
1952-56
First five year plan
1957
Hundred flowers
1958-62
Great Leap Forward
1966-76
Cultural revolution
1976
Death of Mao
1927
White terror
1928
GMD government established in Nanjing
1929-34
Encirclement campaigns
1931
Japan take Manchuria
1934-35
The long march
1946-47
Struggle for Manchuria (in civil war)
1947
Strong point offensive ( in civil war)
September 1948
Liaoshen campaign ( in civil war )
1948-49
Huaihai campaign ( in civil war ) Pingjin campaign ( in civil war)
December 1949
Civl war ends CCP win GMD fled to Taiwan
1956
Collectivisation
1958-62
Famine
1958
Mao gives up presidency
1962
Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping take over
1963
Little red book became standard text
Diary of lei Feng
1966
Mao returns
Deng and Liu dismissed
1971
Lin Biao dies
1973
Liu Shaoqi dies in prison
Deng returns after Zhou Enlai dies
1840’s
Europe began to impose itself on China
1912-16
Rule of yuan shikai
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1915
Japan’s 21 demands
1916-27
Warlord era
1924-27
United front
1926-28
Northern expedition