Category: 历史

The Boxer Rebellion was a large scale antiforeign and anti-Christian uprising that occurred in China between 1899 and 1900. The uprising was led by a secret society known as the “Boxers” or “Righteous Harmony Fists” […]

The Hundred Days’ Reform (or Great Guangxu Reform) was an ambitious reform program conducted by the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty in China between 11 June and 21 September of 1898. This reform period […]

The Taiping Rebellion was a major civil war that occurred in China in the mid-19th century and was led by the charismatic leader Hong Xiuquan. The rebellion began in 1851 and lasted for more than […]

Since its implementation in 1979, the Chinese government’s One-Child Policy has had a tremendous impact on Chinese society. The policy was designed to slow the growth of China’s population, which at the time was the […]

The establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 brought with it a myriad of consequences, both positive and negative, to the Chinese people and the international community. On the domestic front, the new […]

Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and medical missionary who played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912. The Republic […]

The Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 was a devastating conflict between China and Japan, which had serious ramifications for the history of both countries. The war was fought in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, after […]

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) was a nationwide initiative of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led by Mao Zedong from 1958 to 1961, intended to modernize and transform China from a traditional agrarian economy into […]

The legacy of the Cultural Revolution in China is both complex and pervasive. The period—which officially lasted from 1966 until 1976, though its total impact may last decades—that left a legacy of human suffering which […]

In the wake of the 1949 Communist Revolution, the Chinese government responded with a variety of measures that sought to consolidate the new regime and ensure its survival. These measures ranged from harsh repression of […]