Category: 历史

The Great Leap Forward was a drastic social and economic program initiated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1958. The goal of the Great Leap Forward was to rapidly transform the country from an […]

Mao Zedong ascended to power in China in 1949, at the conclusion of a civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Kuomintang Party. The victory of the CCP and the political ascension […]

The 1911 Revolution in China had a major impact on Chinese history and people’s lives today. The Revolution was a culmination of years of simmering discontent with the feudal system of government that had ruled […]

The Cultural Revolution, led by Chairman Mao Zedong of the Chinese Communist Party, was a ten-year period of chaotic and often violent political and social upheaval in China from 1966 to 1976. While it had […]

The fall of the Ming Dynasty in China in 1644 was the result of a combination of social, economic, and political factors. In essence, the Ming Dynasty began to decline due to a growing reduction […]

The Opium Wars were two wars that took place between Great Britain and China in the mid-19th century. The first was fought from 1839 to 1842 and the second, known as the Arrow War, was […]

Mao Zedong’s policies contributed significantly to the success of the Chinese Revolution, which began in 1949. Mao was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the driving force behind many of the reforms […]

The Taiping Rebellion was an armed insurrection against the Qing dynasty of China lasting from 1850 to 1864. It was led by Hong Xiuquan, a leader of an initially unsuccessful Chinese peasant religious movement known […]

The Qing dynasty (1644-1912) was the last imperial dynasty of China. Founded by the Manchu tribal leaders, it ended the millennia of dynastic rule in China and ushered in a period of intense modernization and […]

The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) was a short but significant conflict between the two most populous and powerful countries in East Asia. The war had lasting implications for the entire region, and it is important […]