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Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was sparked by a man named Hong Xiuquan, who believed that he and his band of believers had been chosen to conquer China, destroy the demon Manchu rulers, and establish the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Harmony. Text:
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Wuchang Uprising
The Wuchang Uprising was the Tongmenghui's first successful attempt to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. The revolutionaries of the city used the explosion of one of the revolutionaries’ ammunition stations as an opportunity to strike the Qing. Text:
http://xiaoshixue.squarespace.com/revolution-and-early-republic/2012/4/18/1911-wuchang-uprising.html
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Founding Date of the Republic of China
The Republic of China was formed after the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, and was a constitutional republic that put an end to over 2,000 years of Imperial rule. Text:
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Northern Expedition
The Northern Expedition was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang from 1926 to 1928. Its main objective was to unify China under the Kuomintang banner by ending the rule of local warlords. Text:
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Mukden Incident
The Mukden Incident was a staged event planned by Japanese military personnel as justification for the Japanese invasion of the northeastern part of China, referred to as Manchuria, in 1931 Text:
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Long March
The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang. It occured when the Chinese Communists had to flee a intensive Guomingdang attack that had been ordered by Chiang Kai-shek. Text:
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War had a significant impact on the course of the Chinese Revolution. This conflict was catastrophic for the people of China, causing up to 20 million casualties. Text:
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Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, occurred over a period of six weeks. It was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Text:
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Founding of People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China was formally established, with its national capital at Beijing. For the first time in decades a Chinese government was met with peace, instead of massive military opposition, within its territory. Text:
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/history/prc.html Image:
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Chinese Nationalists move Capital to Taiwan
Chinese Nationalist leaders departed for the island of Taiwan after steadily losing ground to the communist forces of Mao Zedong, where they established their new capital. Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek left for the island the following day. Text:
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Seventeen Point Agreement with Tibet
The Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet is the document by which the delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama reached an agreement with the government of the newly established People's Republic of China on affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. Text:
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Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy so that by 1988, China would have an economy that rivalled America. The Great Leap Forward planned to develop agriculture and industry. Text:
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China. It is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China and re-impose his authority on the party and therefore the country. Text:
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The May 16 Notification
The May 16 Notification summarized Mao's ideological justification for the Cultural Revolution. Effectively it implied that there are enemies of the Communist cause within the Party itself: class enemies who "wave the red flag to oppose the red flag." Text:
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People's Republic of China admitted to UN
In a dramatic reversal of its long-standing commitment to the Nationalist Chinese government of Taiwan, and a policy of non-recognition of the communist People’s Republic of China, America’s U.N. representatives vote to seat the PRC as a permanent member. Text:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-un-seats-the-peoples-republic-of-china-and-expels-taiwan -
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Nixon visits China
President Richard Nixon took a dramatic first step toward normalizing relations with the communist People's Republic of China by traveling to Beijing for a week of talks. Nixon's historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist China. Text:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks -
Gang Of Four Arrested
The Gang of Four was the name given to a leftist political group composed of four Chinese Communist Party members. They wielded significant power during China’s Cultural Revolution and were subsequently charged of various crimes. Text:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/gangoffour/Gangof4.html Image:
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One Child Policy Instituted
The family planning policy, known as the one-child policy in the West is a population control policy of the People's Republic of China. The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines that are imposed based on the income of the family and other factors. Text:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy Image:
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Tiananmen Square protests
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing which took place in the spring of 1989 and received broad support from city residents and exposed deep splits within China's political leadership. Text:
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Building of the Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam was first proposed by Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, in order to protect river communities from floods and also contribute to his economic development plan for China. Text:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~vanti20m/classweb/website/history.html Image:
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Hong Kong Returned to China
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in China, marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. Text:
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Macau returned to China
The transfer of sovereignty of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China occurred on 20 December 1999. Four conferences from June 1986 to March 1987 resulted in a Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on 13 April 1987 and the transfer of sovereignty on 20 December 1999. Text:
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Hainan Island incident
The Hainan Island incident occurred when a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China. Text:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident Image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EP-3_Hainan_Island_2001.jpg
