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