Category: 历史

The Great Leap Forward was an ambitious economic and social program that was implemented in the People’s Republic of China between 1958 and 1962. The program was designed to rapidly transform the country from an […]

The fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 CE marked a major transition in Chinese politics and society, which had been shaped by centralized rule since 206 BCE. In the wake of the dynasty’s collapse, […]

The Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history was a turbulent period in Chinese history that lasted from 220-280 CE. It was marked by warfare, civil turmoil and the breakdown of centralized authority. The main cause […]

The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising or the Righteous and Harmonious Fists Uprising, was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian upsurge of Chinese nationalism that occurred in China from 1899 to 1901. The […]

The Tiananmen Square Massacre, which took place in Beijing, China on June 4, 1989, was a tragic event in China’s history. The Chinese government’s response to a peaceful student protest turned violent, leading to a […]

The Cultural Revolution was a period of massive socio-political upheaval in China, begun by Mao Zedong in 1966. It was a time of intense political, social, and economic turmoil that lasted until 1976 and completely […]

The Opium Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China in 1839-1842 and 1856-1860. These wars were both caused by trade issues related to the opium trade. The […]

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control project that spans the Yangtze River in Central China. Constructed between 1994 and 2006, it is the largest dam in the world, measuring approximately 2 […]

The Second Opium War, also known as the Arrow War or the Anglo-French War of 1856-1860, was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and France against China. The war was largely caused by […]

The Rape of Nanking, sometimes referred to as the Nanking Massacre, was a six-week period of mass slaughter and systematic rape and pillage that occurred in the then-capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War […]