China Timeline

Question 1

Cixi died, replaced by Pu Yi

Answer 1

1906

Question 2

Worst harvest failure in 40 years

Answer 2

1911

Question 3

Rebellion against govt in Sichuan province after police fired on demonstrators, killing many. Help from SY

Answer 3

September

1911

Question 4

Rebellion escalated, soldiers in New Army supported rebels

Answer 4

October 10th

1911

Question 5

Pu Yi abdicates, Yuan Shikai becomes President

Answer 5

February 12

1912

Question 6

National Assembly formed with elections but banned

Answer 6

1912

Question 7

21 Demands from JPN accepted

Answer 7

1915

Question 8

Yuan become Emperor, accepted Mandate of Heaven

Answer 8

January 1

1916

Question 9

Yuan renounced the throne

Answer 9

March

1916

Question 10

Yuan died

Answer 10

June

1916

Question 11

Warlord china

Answer 11

1916

Question 12

May the 4th movement

Answer 12

May 4th

1919

Question 13

CCP formed

Answer 13

1921

Question 14

GMD accepted military and financial aid from RU

Answer 14

1923

Question 15

Whampoa Academy set up with RU

Answer 15

1924

Question 16

SY died

CK=leader

Answer 16

1925

Question 17

Northern Expedition, remove warlords

Answer 17

1926

Question 18

Hankow captured, govt set up there

Answer 18

September

1926

Question 19

CCP-30000 members

Answer 19

1926

Question 20

GMD captured Nanjing, Nationalist govt set up

S of Yangtze in GMD hands

Answer 20

1927

Question 21

China reunified

CK recognised by foreign powers

Answer 21

June

1927

Question 22

CCP-58000 people

Answer 22

1927

Question 23

The Shanghai Massacres

Answer 23

1927

Question 24

Nationalist China

Answer 24

1928

Question 25

Jianxi Soviet

Answer 25

1928

Question 26

Extermination campaigns

Answer 26

1930

Question 27

Japan invaded Manchuria

Answer 27

1931

Question 28

Change of extermination campaign

Answer 28

1934

Question 29

87000 breakout of Jianxi Soviet | Long March

Answer 29

October 16 | 1934

Question 30

Met GMD at Xian river | 45000 died

Answer 30

November 25 | 1934

Question 31

RA reach Zunyi | Better tactics made

Answer 31

January 9th | 1935

Question 32

RA reach Yanan

Answer 32

October | 1935

Question 33

Chiang imprisoned by own general | Forced to make 2nd United Front

Answer 33

1936

Question 34

2nd United Front formed

Answer 34

1937

Question 35

Japan attack Marco Polo bridge, occupy Beijing extend control over N CHN

Answer 35

July | 1937

Question 36

Chiang attacked Japan in Shanghai, war spread to C CHN | Shanghai captured by Japan, advanced to Yangtze

Answer 36

August | 1937

Question 37

Japan captured Nanjing forced Chiang to retreat to Sichuan and set up new capital in Chongqing

Answer 37

December | 1937

Question 38

1mn Japanese in China, controlled main cities, lines of communication, most populated areas in CHN

Answer 38

January | 1938

Question 39

Hundred Regiments Battle

Answer 39

1940

Question 40

2mn Japanese in China, 3 All campaign | Controlled large cities, links, never had full control

Answer 40

1941

Question 41

Bombing of Pearl Harbour | US declare war

Answer 41

December 7 | 1941

Question 42

Rectification campaign

Answer 42

1942

Question 43

New offensive in JPN in SE, aim of destroying all US airfields, cut Chiang from coast

Answer 43

April | 1944

Question 44

Japan forced to retreat in Burma and Pacific Ocean, to Manchuria CCP controlled liberated areas

Answer 44

1945

Question 45

US used atom bomb on HIroshima

Answer 45

August 6 | 1945

Question 46

USSR declared war on Japan, invaded Manchuria

Answer 46

August 8th | 1945

Question 47

US used atom bomb on Nagasaki | Japan surrendered

Answer 47

August 9th | 1945

Question 48

Civil war between CCP+GMD

Answer 48

June | 1946

Question 49

GMD, offensive, take Manchuria, main CCP base

Answer 49

June | 1946

Question 50

GMD won battles, attacked Yanan | PLA avoided major battles, night raids, blow up railways

Answer 50

March | 1947

Question 51

PLA strong enough, aim of total destruction of NRA | NRA retreat after last Nationalist base lost

Answer 51

1948

Question 52

Battle of Huai Hai, NRA lost control of N+C, retreat

Answer 52

November | 1948

Question 53

Chiang fled to Taiwan

Answer 53

January | 1949

Question 54

Fall of Beijing to the PLA

Answer 54

April | 1949

Question 55

Fall of Shanghai to PLA

Answer 55

May | 1949

Question 56

Common programme outlined aims

Answer 56

September 29 | 1949

Question 57

People's Republic of China formed

Answer 57

October 1 | 1949

Question 58

Agrarian land reforms

Answer 58

June | 1950

Question 59

Mutual aid teams

Answer 59

1951

Question 60

Thought reforms

Answer 60

1951

Question 61

3 Anti Movement

Answer 61

1951

Question 62

5 Anti campaign

Answer 62

1951

Question 63

Lower stage cooperatives

Answer 63

1953

Question 64

5 year plan

Answer 64

1953

Question 65

Higher Stage cooperatives

Answer 65

1956

Question 66

100 Flowers campaign

Answer 66

1956

Question 67

97% in cooperatives

Answer 67

1957

Question 68

11mn tonnes of steel production

Answer 68

1957

Question 69

GLF

Answer 69

1958

Question 70

All peasants in communes

Answer 70

1958

Question 71

Actual grain yield=170mnt, Mao=282mnt

Answer 71

1959

Question 72

Mao resigned as Head of State but kept the title of Chairman

Answer 72

1959

Question 73

USSR experts sent to RU

Answer 73

1960

Question 74

CR

Answer 74

1966

Question 75

Liu Shaoqui expelled from party

Answer 75

1966

Question 76

RG formed

Answer 76

May | 1966

Question 77

British embassy stormed

Answer 77

August | 1967

Question 78

PLA restored order during CR

Answer 78

1968

Question 79

Zhou dies

Answer 79

1976

Question 80

Mao dies

Answer 80

September 9 | 1976

Question 81

G of 4 expelled from CCP

Answer 81

1977

Question 82

Deng returns to power

Answer 82

1977

Question 83

Democracy wall started

Answer 83

1979

Question 84

Wei Jingshen wrote attack on Deng

Answer 84

1979

Question 85

Massacre of Tiananmen Square

Answer 85

June | 1979