Category: 历史

The Three Gorges Dam Project is a massive hydroelectric dam located in China’s Hubei Province on the Yangtze River. Completed in 2012, the Three Gorges Dam Project is the largest hydroelectric power station in the […]

Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening up policy emerged from a period of major social and political unrest in China. Throughout the 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) saw its legitimacy increasingly challenged by three intertwined […]

The Taiping Rebellion, led by the self-proclaimed “Heavenly King” Hong Xiuquan from 1850-1864, had a significant impact on 19th century China. The Rebellion, which was one of the bloodiest civil wars in history, seriously weakened […]

The Long March was the historic retreat undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1934-35. Forced out of its stronghold in Jiangxi Province, the CCP and its Red Army embarked on a strategic retreat […]

The Cultural Revolution, also known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a period of political and social upheaval in the People’s Republic of China that began in 1966 and lasted until 1976. It was […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rose to power in China after a long period of struggle and ultimately triumphed over the Kuomintang (KMT) forces in 1949. The party had come a long way since its […]

The Opium War was a crucial moment in Chinese history. It began in 1839, when the British government decided to take military action against the Chinese government in order to open up the Chinese market […]

The Silk Road is a legendary series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East from around 130 B.C.E until […]

The Great Wall of China is an immense fortification built over two thousand years ago that runs for thousands of miles along China’s northern border. It is one of the most impressive man-made structures in […]

The Great Leap Forward was a massive economic and social campaign led by Mao Zedong from 1958 to 1961 in an attempt to modernize the economy of the People’s Republic of China. It was designed […]