CHINA: CONFLICT, CRISIS AND CHANGE, 1900-89
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1900-89
TIMELINE
Boxer Uprising (p.15)
1900
1902
Death of Empress Cixi, accession of Emperor Puyi (p.17)
1908
1911
Beginning of warlord era (p.18)
May Fourth Movement (p.19)
1924
1926
Shanghai Massacres (p.25)
Revolution occurs, Republic of China established (p.17)
1916
1919
United Front formation (p.23)
Self-Strengthening Reforms begin (p.16)
The Northern Expedition begins (p.24)
1927
1928
Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of the new central government
(p.21)
The first Extermination Campaign begins (p.26)
1930
1931
Japanese invasion of Manchuria (p.27)
1931 - The Jiangxi Soviet established (p.27)
Long March begins (p.29)
1934
1935
The Zunyi Conference (p.30)
1935 - The Long March ends (p.29)
The Yanan Soviet is established
1936
1937
End of Sino-Japanese War, Beginning of Civil War (p.38)
1945
1949
Agrarian Reform Law and Marriage Law introduced (p.40)
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People's Republic of China established (p.38)
1950
1951
First Five Year Plan (p.42)
Start of Sino-Japanese War (p.36)
Thought Reform (p.47)
1952
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CHINA: CONFLICT, CRISIS AND CHANGE, 1900-89
1957
Great Leap Forward (p.43)
1958
1962
Cultural Revolution Launched (p.53)
Sino-Soviet Split (p.52)
1966
1976
Deng Xiaoping becomes leader of China (p.57)
Hundred Flowers Campaign (p.50)
Death of Mao and fall of the Gang of Four (p.56)
1978
1979
Democracy Movement begins (p.60)
1979 - One-child policy introduced (p.59)
April - Tiananmen Square protests begin (p.61)
1989
June - Tiananmen Square protests crushed (p.61)
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