đź“… 23 July 1921
Delegates convened in Shanghai (and later moved to Jiaxing) for the founding congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The party’s later victory reshaped China’s state and its position in the world....
đź“… 7 July 1937
A clash near Beijing escalated into full-scale war between China and Japan. Chinese resistance tied the national struggle to the wider anti-fascist war, while Japanese occupation brought mass...
đź“… 1 October 1949
Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic in Beijing after the Communist victory in the civil war. The new state reunified most of mainland China under a central government and sought to end...
đź“… 5 May 1958
The Great Leap Forward was formally launched as a rapid campaign to industrialize and collectivize rural production. It aimed to challenge the developmental hierarchy in which poorer countries were...
đź“… 16 May 1966
A Communist Party circular initiated the Cultural Revolution, triggering mass political campaigns, persecution, upheaval in education and institutions, and struggles over authority. This period...
đź“… 18 December 1978
The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Communist Party Central Committee marked a decisive turn toward economic modernization and reform. The shift opened China to foreign investment, trade, and...
đź“… 18 January 1992
Deng began a tour of southern China, publicly urging faster reform and opening after political and economic retrenchment. The tour helped restore momentum to market reforms and investment,...
đź“… 27 April 1927
Trotsky argued that subordinating the Chinese Communist Party to the nationalist Kuomintang left workers and peasants exposed to repression, especially after the Shanghai massacre. His critique...
đź“… 1 April 1926
In debate over the Chinese revolution, Trotsky argued that communist independence from the nationalist Kuomintang was necessary for workers’ and peasants’ self-organization. This was a significant...
đź“… 1 October 1949
Mao Zedong announced the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing after Communist forces defeated the Nationalist government on the mainland. The new state emerged from a long...
đź“… 1 October 1949
Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in Beijing after decades of revolution, Japanese invasion, and civil war. The Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. The new state’s...
