Timeline of Authoritarian States – Mao and China
1885 Military defeat to Japan
1893 Mao born
1905 Sun Yatsen founded the Guomindang Nationalist Party
1911 Revolution against the dynastic system erupted in China
1911 Foot binding outlawed
1912 Qing abdicated. Republic established
1916 Republic failed
May 1919 China wouldn’t recover the territories taken by Germany in WWI, given to Japan instead
1919 May Fourth Movement
1921 Mao became one of the first members of the new Chinese Communist Party
1924 Mao organised the First United Front
1927 GMD crackdown on Communists, end of the First United Front
1930s Mao battled to assert his authority of the CCP
1931 Manchurian Railway crisis. Japanese invasion of northern Manchuria
1934-5 Long March
1935 Mao claimed leadership of the CCP
1936 Popular opinion shifted from fighting the CCP to Japanese aggression
1937 Sino-Japanese War. Rape of Nanjing
1942-44 Rectification Movement
1943 Mao formally became the unchallenged leader of the CCP
1945 Sino-Japanese War ended. Conflict between CCP and GMD restarted
Aug 1945 Japan surrendered Korea to the allies
1 Oct 1949 Mao announced the formation of the People’s Republic of China. GMD fled to Taiwan
1949 Banking, gas, electricity and transport sectors taken under state control
1949 Mao said China would no longer be the ‘sick man of Asia’
1949 Common Programme stated they would allow freedom of religion. All public Confucianist
ceremonies ended
1949 Access to education improved
1949 PLA enlisted female students to become wives to soldiers
1950 North Koreans capture Seoul. Korean War began
1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty
1950 The Terror began in rural areas
1950 Marriage Law
June 1950 Agrarian Reform Law – redistribution of land
Sept 1950 Attack at Incheon gained territory, push North Koreans back
Nov 1950 China sent in troops, pushed UN troops back
Feb 1951 Advert to recruit professionals, skilled workers and women to exploit natural resources
Apr 1951 The Terror reached cities
1951 The Religious Affairs Department created. Dalai Lama fled China
1951 Inconclusive stalemate ended the Korean War
1951 Three Antis launched
1951-52 42 million peasants attended winter schools
1952-56 First Five Year Plan
July 1953 China, US and North Korea signed armistice. South Korea refused to sign
Aug 1953 China refused to sign the Limited Test-Ban Treaty
1953 Chinese Buddhist Association created
1953 Second propaganda drive of Marriage Law
1885 Military defeat to Japan
1893 Mao born
1905 Sun Yatsen founded the Guomindang Nationalist Party
1911 Revolution against the dynastic system erupted in China
1911 Foot binding outlawed
1912 Qing abdicated. Republic established
1916 Republic failed
May 1919 China wouldn’t recover the territories taken by Germany in WWI, given to Japan instead
1919 May Fourth Movement
1921 Mao became one of the first members of the new Chinese Communist Party
1924 Mao organised the First United Front
1927 GMD crackdown on Communists, end of the First United Front
1930s Mao battled to assert his authority of the CCP
1931 Manchurian Railway crisis. Japanese invasion of northern Manchuria
1934-5 Long March
1935 Mao claimed leadership of the CCP
1936 Popular opinion shifted from fighting the CCP to Japanese aggression
1937 Sino-Japanese War. Rape of Nanjing
1942-44 Rectification Movement
1943 Mao formally became the unchallenged leader of the CCP
1945 Sino-Japanese War ended. Conflict between CCP and GMD restarted
Aug 1945 Japan surrendered Korea to the allies
1 Oct 1949 Mao announced the formation of the People’s Republic of China. GMD fled to Taiwan
1949 Banking, gas, electricity and transport sectors taken under state control
1949 Mao said China would no longer be the ‘sick man of Asia’
1949 Common Programme stated they would allow freedom of religion. All public Confucianist
ceremonies ended
1949 Access to education improved
1949 PLA enlisted female students to become wives to soldiers
1950 North Koreans capture Seoul. Korean War began
1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty
1950 The Terror began in rural areas
1950 Marriage Law
June 1950 Agrarian Reform Law – redistribution of land
Sept 1950 Attack at Incheon gained territory, push North Koreans back
Nov 1950 China sent in troops, pushed UN troops back
Feb 1951 Advert to recruit professionals, skilled workers and women to exploit natural resources
Apr 1951 The Terror reached cities
1951 The Religious Affairs Department created. Dalai Lama fled China
1951 Inconclusive stalemate ended the Korean War
1951 Three Antis launched
1951-52 42 million peasants attended winter schools
1952-56 First Five Year Plan
July 1953 China, US and North Korea signed armistice. South Korea refused to sign
Aug 1953 China refused to sign the Limited Test-Ban Treaty
1953 Chinese Buddhist Association created
1953 Second propaganda drive of Marriage Law
