Chinese Communist Party turns 100
Read here a brief history of China and its longest ruling Communist Party
The CCP defied the odds to first wrestle power and then retain firm control for more than seven decades. Read here a brief history of China and its longest ruling Communist Party….
Overview of China’s history
China’s history is rich with art, politics, science, and philosophy. It is home to the oldest of the major world civilizations. China was ruled by various dynasties for much of its history. The first dynasty is believed to be the Xia dynasty which formed somewhere around 2250 BC. The Shang or Yin dynasty gained power around the 14th century BC.
Pioneer in innovations
The Han Dynasty, which lasted over 400 years from 206 BC to 220 AD, was one of the most influential in China’s history. Much of the culture today was created during the Han Dynasty. Later famous dynasties, like the Song and the Tang, continued to refine the culture and bring new innovations to the world including printed money, a permanent navy, and a complex government that ruled over 100 million people.
In the early 1900s the people of China began to want reform. Revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen created the Chinese Nationalist Peoples Party, also called the KMT or Kuomintang. After Sun Yat-sen died, Chiang Kai-shek became leader of the party. However, Chiang turned on the leaders of the CCP, the communist party, and had many of them killed.
Major economy in the world
A new leader, Mao Zedong took over the communists and led the CCP on a famous “Long March” to a distant area of China. Mao Zedong established the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. This new government was strongly allied with the Soviet Union and modeled its government after Soviet communism. In 1958, Mao Zedong embarked on a new plan called the Great Leap Forward. Today, China is a major world power and the second largest economy in the world.
Key events
July 23, 1921
Founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai
1931
Japanese invasion in northeast China begins
1945-49
Civil war and years of fighting with the Nationalists end with the victory of the Communists
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong declares founding of the People’s Republic of China
1958
The Great Leap Forward — ended in disaster, as many as 45 million people dying in a famine
1962
Sino-India border war
1964
China detonates its first nuclear bomb
1971
Beijing takes Taiwan’s seat at the UN as the officially recognised government of China
1972
US president Richard Nixon makes landmark visit to Beijing
August 2008
Beijing hosts the Olympic Games
2012
Xi Jinping assumes leadership
2018
A UN panel cites estimates that upwards of 1 million Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslim minorities are held in internment camps
June 30, 2020
Implements the National Security Law for Hong Kong, curtailing powers of
legitimate dissent in the region.
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