Category: 历史

The Boxer Rebellion was a violent uprising of Chinese militant nationalists in northern China against Western imperialism that occurred during the late 19th century. The rebellion was stimulated by a combination of foreign imperialist exploitation, […]

The Opium Wars were two wars fought in China between the years of 1839 and 1860. The main cause of the wars was the Chinese government’s attempt to stop the illegal opium trade by British […]

Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in 1978 were a fundamental turning point in China’s history. The policies implemented by Deng and his supporters marked the beginning of the Chinese economic reform era, revolutionizing the Chinese economy and […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) played an important and pivotal role in the Second Sino-Japanese War, which lasted from 1937 to 1945. Although the Nationalist government of China, led by Chiang Kai-shek, had declared war […]

The Cultural Revolution, one of the most tumultuous events in China’s long history, shook the nation from 1966 to 1976. Exasperated by the persistent presence of traditional culture and values, Mao Zedong declared a multi-year […]

The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil conflict in China which lasted from 1850 to 1864. It was a rebellion convoked by one of the most influential religious leaders of Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan, who […]

The Three Kingdoms period (220-280 AD) of Chinese history had a profound impact on the subsequent two thousand years of Chinese civilization. During this period, multiple rival kingdoms vied for control over the vast Chinese […]

1. Establishment of the Han Dynasty and Accession of Liu Bang (206 BCE): The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was appointed as Emperor Gaozu by his generals and thus began the reunification of […]

The Opium War (1839–1842) was a war fought between the Qing dynasty of China and the British Empire. It began with the British East India Company’s attempt to monopolize the opium trade in China, which […]

The Zhou Dynasty began in 1046 BCE and lasted until 256 BCE. During this period, the Zhou rulers were divided into two distinct groups: the Western Zhou (1046–771 BCE) and Eastern Zhou (770–256 BCE). The […]