Post-Dynastic Chinaa timeline
Modern China: Qing Dynasty
1644-1911: Qing Dynasty Manchus—not Han Closed off to West
1842: Treaty of Nanjing- UK forced China to open to the West leading to…
1900: EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
1911: Revolution– Qing Dynasty ended Ended 3,000 years of dynastic history! Revolution ended by Sun Yat-Sen
Sun Yat-Sen• Father of modern
China
• Popular with both Communists and Nationalists
• Wanted Western democratic principles while keeping Chinese culture intact
Modern China: “Chinese Republic”
1912: China becomes a Modern Republic
1921: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded by Mao Zedong
1927: Chiang Kai-Shek founded the Nationalist Government Nationalist = Democracy
1934: The Long March (CCP fled from Nationalists) Communists exiled 6,000 miles 100,000 began; 8,000 survived (8% survival rate)
1937-45: Japanese War Killed 20 million Chinese Ended after WWII
1945-1949: Civil War between Communists (CCP/Mao) and Nationalist Kuomintang (Democracy with Kai Shek)
Chinese Civil WarMao ZedongCommunism
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)Won
Kept Mainland ChinaPRC: People’s Republic of China
Initially NOT recognized by the West
Chang Kai-ShekDemocracyNationalist Party
LostFled to TaiwanROC: Republic of China
Initially recognized by the West
Modern China: Communist China
1949: CCP Victory! (China becomes a Communist Country) Nationalists flee to Taiwan
1958-1962: Great Leap Forward 20 Million people die
1966-76: Cultural Revolution
1976: Mao dies
1978: Deng Xiaoping gains power and forces China’s economy to reform 4 Modernizations
Agriculture // Industry // Science // Technology
1980’s: Students begin demonstrating publically Media can discuss social problems openly Possible to travel & student abroad
1989: Protests in Tiananmen Square June 4th: Tiananmen Square massacre
Without the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can never achieve independence and liberation, or industrialization and the modernization of her agriculture
On Coalition Government (April 24 1945)
Little Red Book
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution Links1) Audio Slideshow- Art and Picture
1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8279176.stm
2) The Invisible Man1) http://www.odditycentral.com/
pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible-man.html
Where is Mao Zedong now?
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square
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