Day: August 16, 2016

The Chinese Revolution of 1949 (Part-2) (b) Revolution of 1911 or Xinhai Revolution or Double Ten Revolution: Chinese Revolution, (1911–12) was a revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty Qing (or Manchu) dynasty in 1912, and established the Republic of China (ROC). The revolution was named Xinhai (Hsin-hai) because it occurred in 1911, the year of […]

The Chinese Revolution of 1949 (Part-1) China had a long history of national unity and since the mid-seventeenth century had been ruled by the Manchu or Ch’ing dynasty. However, during the 1840s, the country moved into a troubled period of foreign interference, civil war and disintegration, which lasted until the communist victory in 1949. The […]