Category: 历史

The foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1st 1949 marked the end of a long civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (the Kuomintang or KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party […]

The opening of China to foreign trade has had a huge impact on Chinese culture, both historically and in the present day. The most visible effects have been political, economic, social, and technological changes brought […]

The Republic of China was established in 1912 by Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary leader who led the Chinese people in overthrowing the Qing dynasty. Sun Yat-sen was born in 1866 in Guangdong Province in south […]

The Opium Wars had a profound influence on Chinese diplomacy and politics for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The conflict itself was a direct result of China’s attempts to prohibit opium imports […]

The Chinese Civil War, which lasted from 1927 to 1950, was a conflict between the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The war resulted in the victory of the CCP and […]

The Great Wall of China was an impressive feat of engineering and a physical symbol of power. It marked out the outer boundary of the Chinese empire and divided the Chinese people from their enemies […]

The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but significant period in Chinese history that lasted from 581 to 618 AD. During its time, the Sui dynasty unified China and laid the foundations for the establishment of […]

Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was the founding father of the People’s Republic of China and its first Chairman (Premier) from 1949 to 1959. He was a revolutionary, political theorist and leader whose thoughts, words and actions […]

The first unified Chinese dynasty was the Qin, founded in 221 BC. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty was Qin Shi Huang, commonly known as the First Emperor. Qin Shi Huang was the son […]

The first dynasty of China is one of the greatest mysteries of ancient history. While many historians have attempted to identify it, there is no consensus on which dynasty was actually the first. Some believe […]