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1912 China

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Pu Yi forced to abdicate, Republic of China established under Sun Yat-sen.

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1919 China

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May 4th Movement protests against the changes that were to be introduced by Treaty of Versailles in China.

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1921 China

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Chinese Communist Party established.

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1923 China

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United front of GMT and CCP established.

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1916 China

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The beginnign of the Warlord Era in China. It lasted for 12 years.

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1925 China

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Sun Yat-sen dies and is replaced by Jiang Kai-Shek.

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1926 China

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Jiang set out on the Northern March to destroy the power of the War Lords.

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1927 China

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In Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek organized a massacre of left-wing members of the GMD, especiallt those whjo were also members of CCP. This started the Chinese Civil War.

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1930-1934 China

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In those years Chiang Kai-shek lauched a series of five military Campaigns of Encirclement and Extermination against the Communists ion the Kiangsi Soviets.

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1934 China

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Beginning of the Long March.

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1935 China

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The end of the Long March in Shanxi.

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1935 China

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The Communists settle in Yan’an in Shanxi, where they remain for the whole war with the Japanese. (Yan’an Soviet)

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1921 China

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Mao, a librarian at Peking (Beijing) University, becomes one of the founding members of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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1927 China

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The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan province leads Mao to revise his views on Marxism.

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1927 China

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Mao goes to Jiangxi province to join other Communists fleeing the White Terror. The First Chinese Civil War ends with the establishment of the Second United Front.

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1931 China

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The Jiangxi Soviet is established.

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1936-1945 China

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The Xi’an Incident leads to the Second United Front against the Japanese.

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1937-1945 China

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The Second Sino-Japanese War takes place in mainland China.

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1946-1949 China

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Mao and the CPC defeat Jiang Jieshi and the GMD in the Second Chinese Civil War.

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1949 China

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is founded on 1 October.

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1950 China

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The Marriage Reform Law and Agrarian Land Reform Law are enacted. The Korean War begins.

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1951-1952 China

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The Three Antis and the Five Antis Campaigns are waged against the remnants of capitalism.

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1953-1957 China

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The First Five-Year Plan, modelled on those of the Soviet Union, is introduced in China.

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1956 China

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The Hundred Flowers Campaign is launched.

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1957 China

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The Anti-Rightist Movement carries out purges of critics of the regime.

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1958-1963 China

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The Great Leap Forward begins; the Second Five-Year Plan is introduced.

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1961 China

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The Sino-Soviet Split begins.

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1962-1966 China

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The Socialist Education Movement is formed.

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1966-1976 China

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution takes place.

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1971 China

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Lin Biao dies, suspected of having betrayed Mao.

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1972 China

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Mao meets Nixon in Beijing.

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1976 China

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Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Mao Zedong die.

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1942-1943 China

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Retification Campaign which involved giving a basic grouding in Marxist theory and Leninist principles of party organisation to the many thousands of new members of the Party. It soon after becomes a purge of those disloyal to Mao.

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1943 China

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Mao becomes the official leader of the Party, becoming the chairman of the Secretariat and of the Politburo.

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1954 China

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New Constituion is enacted.

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1950 China

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A campaign against counter-revolutionaries was launched: it involved dealing with Seven Black Categories: landlords, rich peastants, reactionaries, bad elements, rightists, traitors and spies. There were around 1 million victims.

37
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1950 China

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Pacification of Tibet.

38
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1950 China

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The Marriage Law

39
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1950 China

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Agrarian Reform Law