China Contemporary Period (1949-)
On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong declared the founding of the Peoples Republic of China on the forum of Tiananmen Square.In 1992, Deng Xiaoping inspected the Shen Zhen Special Economic Zone of ...
Modern Period of China ( 1840 - 1919 )
The Opium War of 1840 marked a turning point in Chinese history. From early in the 19th century, Britain started smuggling large quantities of opium into China, causing a great outflow of Chinese silv...
A Brief Chinese Chronology
Dynasty Date Xia C.21st-16th century B.C. Shang C.16th-11th century B.C. Western Zhou C.11th century B.C.-770 B.C. Eastern Zhou (Spring and Autumn and W...
New Democratic Revolution Period of China (1919-1949)
Under the influence of the October Revolution in Russia, China’s May 4th Movement arose. During this great anti-imperialist, anti-feudal revolutionary movement led by patriotic students, the Chinese p...
Chinese Ancient Times (from Antiquity to A.D. 1840)
China, one of the world’s most ancient civilizations, has a recorded history of nearly 4,000 years. Anthropologists working in Yuanmou, in Yunnan Province, have uncovered the remains of China’s earlie...
People's Republic of China (1949-Present )
Peoples Republic of China (1949-Present )Major events and people: Land ReformAfter decades of warlord rule, Japanese occupation and a debilitating civil war, the China the Communist government in...
Republic of China (1911-1949)
Republic of China (1911-1949)Sun Yatsen (Sun Zhongshan) Sun Yatsen was declared president of the new Republic of China in 1911. His leadership of the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, lasted only 2 ye...
Imperial China
Imperial ChinaDynasty/EraDurationSite of CapitalXiaCa. 2200-1700BCErlitou, HenShangCa. 1700-1200BCAnyangZhou1200-256BCXian Spring and Autumn Period / Warring States Period 256-221BC &nbs...
ming dynasty
Establishment In the late period of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368), a peasants uprising - Hongjinjun (army with red scarf in the head) uprising broke out. In 1352 when the rebel army captured Haozhou ...
Qin Dynasty
Before the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, there was a regime called Latter Jin that had been set up by Nurhachu, leader of the Man Ethnic Minority. Actually, Man people were the offspring of the N...
Yuan Dynasty
Since the late period of the 12th century, an ethnic minority group called Mongolian had grown up in the northern areas of China. In 1204, one of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, Tiemuzhen, unifie...
Song Dynasty
Starting in 960 and ending in 1279, the Song Dynasty consisted of the Northern Song Dynasty (386 - 581) and the Southern Song Dynasty (420 - 589). With a prosperous economy and radiant culture, the So...
Tang Dynasty
Viewing the Chinese history record, you will find the Tang Dynasty was the most glistening historic period in Chinas history. Founded in 618 and ending in 907, the state, under the ruling of the Tang ...
Sui Dynasty
Started from 581 and ended in 618, the Sui Dynasty lasted for only 38 years and had only three emperors. With a tyrannical second emperor - Emperor Yang, the Sui Dynasty was often compared to the Qin ...
Northern and Southern
After the decline of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420), the regime and territory of China could not avoid a fate of being split. Started from 420 and ended in 589, the Northern and Southern Dynastie...
Jin Dynasty
The Jin Dynasty consists of two dynasties, the Western Jin Dynasty (265 -316) and the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420). The Western Jin was founded by Sima Yan with Luoyang as its capital city while th...
Three Kingdoms
Just as the name implies, the Three Kingdoms were made up of three kingdoms - the Kingdom of Wei, Kingdom of Shu and Kingdom of Wu. As a single dynasty, the Three Kingdoms Period originated in 220 AD ...
Han Dynasty
In 207 BC, the army led by Liu Bang conquered the troops of the Qin Dynasty at Julu (currently Hebei Province) and in 206 BC he seized Xianyang (the capital city of the Qin Dynasty), thus ending the r...
Qin Dynasty
Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in the Chinese history. It lasted from 221 BC to 206 BC. Although surviving only 15 years, the dynasty held an important r...
zhou Dynasty
The Zhou Dynasty originated from the Zhou clan whose existence stretches back into history. By the 11th Century BC, the Zhou Clan had become increasingly powerful and had extended throughout the prese...
shang Dynasty
Originally a tribe living in the lower regions of the Yellow River during the Xia Dynasty (21st - 16th century BC), the Shang Dynasty was established by King Tang in 1675 BC after overthrowing the tyr...
xia Dynasty
The establishment of the Xia Dynasty (21st - 16th century BC) is an important milestone in the history of Chinese civilization and marks the end of the Primitive Society and the beginning of the Class...