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China 1900-1949

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    Taipeng Rebellion

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    Sino-Japanese War I

  • Boxer Rebellion

  • Pu Yi is crowned Emperor

  • Wuchang Uprising

  • New Constitution

    Prince Chun, the regent for his young son, the Emperor of China, issued an edict accepting the National Assembly's 19 basic points for a new Constitution. The reform, which would have permitted the Emperor to remain on the throne in a constitutional monarchy in a parliamentary government, came too late to prevent the foundation of a republic.
  • Yuan Shih-kai made PM

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    Sun Yat-sen Provisional President

  • Pu Yi Abdicates

  • Period: to

    Yuan Shikai rules as dictator

  • Kuomintang formed

  • Yuan Shikai becomes emperor

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    Warlord Era

  • May Fourth Movement

  • Chinese Communist Party

  • First United Front

  • Sun Yat-sen dies

  • Northern Expedition

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    Launch of "The three campaigns"

  • Li Lisan Line

  • Li Lisan dismissed

  • 28 Bolsheviks take control of the CCP

  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

  • Truce with Japan

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    Long March

  • Second United Front established

  • Japanese full-scale invasion of China

  • Chiang Kai-Shek

  • Nanking Massacre

  • Hundred Regiments Assault on Japanese by Red Army

  • Anhui Incident ends Second United Front

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    Us Ambassador Hurley leads talks between KMT and CCP

  • Japan Surrenders

  • General Marshall arrives in China to lead negotiations

  • Truce between CCP and KMT

  • USSR withdraws from Manchuria

    Fighting breaks out between the CCP and KMT in Manchuria
  • Marshall leaves China

  • Chiang Kai-shek takes Yan'an

  • Mao announces land reforms

  • US sends aid to KMT

  • Battle of Huai Hai

  • KMT is defeated in the battle of Huai Hai

  • CCP captures Nanjing

  • CCP takes Shanghai

  • Mao establishes the People's Republic of China