Fact Sheet - Table of major events in 20th-21st century China
Date
1911
1912
Event
October Revolution
Nationalist government - Kuomintang
Last Emperor died aged 5
Republic of China formed
1921
19271950
1928
Chinese Communist Party founded
Chinese Civil War, Nationalists v
Communists
Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) ruled
1934
Communists retreat – Long March
1945
1949
Japan defeated in WW2
Communists defeated Nationalists
Island of Taiwan became Republic of
China People’s Republic of China on
mainland
19491976
1957
1966-76
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Traditional culture destroyed
1989
Tiananmen Square protests
19892002
Economic growth, boom times
19932003
2008
Olympic Games in Beijing
People
Sun Yat-sen
Puyi
Yuan Shikai
president
Chiang Kai-shek
leader
Mao Zedong as
leader
Chiang Kai-shek fled
to Taiwan
Mao Zedong as
leader
Zhou Enlai Premier
Mao Zedong’s plan
Mao Zedong as
leader
Red Guards
Jiang Zemin to
power
Jiang Zemin,
General Secretary.
Communist Party of
China
President, People's
Republic of China