1. Modern Chinese History

2. 1900--The Boxer Rebellion

3. 1911--New Government

4. 1916--Warlord Rule

5. Communism Takes Root

6. 1934--Civil War
Mao Zedong
(Communists)
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalists

7. 1937-1945 The Anti-Japanese War

8. 1949--Communist Control

9. 1950--Agrarian Reform Law

10. 1958--The Great Leap Forward

11. 1966--Cultural Revolution Begins

12. 1968--”Reeducation” and the Red Guards

13. 1971--U.S. Embargo Relaxed

14. 1972--Nixon visits

15. 1976--End of an Era

16. 1978--Deng Xiaoping emerges as leader

17. The Four Modernizations
Agriculture (Contract Responsibility System)
Industry (Township and Village Enterprises)
Science
Defense

18. 1979--Open Door Policy with the U.S.
U.S. officially recognized the People’s Republic of China.

19. 1980--Family Planning

20. 1984--Economic Decisions Decentralized

21. 1985--Economic Reforms

22. 1989--Tiananmen Square

23. 1993--Rise of Jiang Zemin

24. 1997--Deng Dies

25. 1997--Economic Summit

26. 2003--Hu Jintao elected President