TIMELINE

CHINA, C. 1911-C. 1989

17th century -
1911
1
Qing Dynasty rule
over China
1899 - 1901 (Empire)
2
The Boxer
rebellion

1911
3
The Chinese
Revolution led by
Sun Yat-Sen and the
1921 Kuomintang (KMT)
4 overthrew the last
The Communist Emperor of China.
The Republic of
Party of China
China was founded.
(CCP) was
founded 1925
5
Chiang Kai-shek
was elected
1934 - 1935 leader of the
6 KMT
The Long March

1935 - 1948
7
Communist party
settlement in
1936 - 1945 Yenan
8
Japanese
invasion of China
1945 - 1949
9
Chinese Civil War

1949
10
The CCP defeated
the KMT and took
control over China.
The KMT retreated 1950s
to Taiwan in 1949. 11
The Popular
Agrarian Reform
Republic of China
was established. Law 1950.
Cooperatives,
1953 - 1957 (1953), Collectives
12
farms (1955)
First Five-Year
Plans
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CHINA, C. 1911-C. 1989

1957
13
The Hundred
Flowers
1958 - 1962 Campaign
14
The Great Leap
Forward
1959
15
Mao resigns as
the Head of State
1966 - 1976 of China
16
Great Proletarian
Cultural
Revolution
1976
17
Mao Zedong
passed away
1978 - 1989
18
Den Xiaoping
became the
Supreme Leader
of China
1989
19
Tiananmen
Square massacre
2001
20
China was
accepted into the
World Trade 2013 - present
Organization 21
Xi Jinping
became the
Supreme Leader
of China