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Chinese History Timeline

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Chinese History from the Peking Man through the modern day.

1644-1912 Qing Dynasty

1711 British East India Company establishes Guangzhou post

1796 White Lotus Rebellion

1839-1842 First Opium War

1856-1860 Second Opium War

1894-1895 First Sino-Japanese War

1900-1901 Boxer Rebellion

1912 Last Qing Emperor falls

1912 Foundation of Sun Yat Sen's Kuomintang

1921 Foundation of Chinese Communist Party

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