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1368 - 1644
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China recovered from the Mongol rule, largely promoting Confucian learning, reestablishing the examination system, creating a centralized government, repairing and renovating cities, recovering the economy, and undertaking huge maritime expeditions.
1405 - 1433
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He sought to enroll distant peoples and states in the Chinese tribute system while establishing Chinese power and prestige throughout the Indian Ocean- controlling trade without conquering new territories.
1550 - 1800
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No mass conversion occurred, but officials and scholars did convert. The Jesuit scholars introduced many Western scientific concepts to China. In the end, the Jesuits were discredited and Christianity failed to really take told in China.
1570 - 1579
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The sudden demand for silver caused its value to greatly increase, and ultimately allow Europeans and others who, until now, could not trade with the Chinese to enter this wealthy market.
1600 - 1700
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Meaning "research based on evidence", kaozheng emphasized the importance of verification precision, accuracy, and analysis.
1644 - 1912
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China expanded to about the size that it is today, establishing a new Court of Colonial Affairs to deal with these new territories, while not assimilating these new people into Chinese culture. Thus ultimately resulting in the impoverished regions there today. Land commerce was replaced by ocean commerce. This dynasty also marked the end of nomadic powers.
1685 - 1853
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17th-19th century
1689
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As China expanded, the threat of the also expanding Russian Empire created the need for a treaty to secure the boundary between the two empires.
1773 - 1832
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The illegal importation of opium flouted Chinese law and caused internal corruption. The drug was paid for in silver, causing a reversal in the flow of silver from China, weakening the economy.
1836
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The British were offended by this and started the first Opium War.
1839
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1842
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They imposed numerous restrictions on the Chinese and granted foreigners the ability to live in China under their own laws.
1850 - 1864
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They wanted abolition of private property, redistribution of land, gender equality, and the reorganization of society into sexually segregated military camps. In the end, provincial landowners crushed the rebel forces. The Qing Dynasty was weakened as a result and the Uprising postponed resolutions to all the problems that were fought for and stopped any real efforts at modernization and weakened the Chinese economy.
1856 - 1858
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China's loss in the Second Opium War resulted in opening more trading ports, allowed foreigners to buy land in China, opened the country to Christian missionaries, and permitted Western Powers to patrol some of China's interior waterways.
1860 - 1879
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Fears of conservative leaders, however, inhibited success of this movement because they feared that industrialization would erode the power of the landlord class. Therefore, the self-strengthening movement was a general failure.
1885 - 1895
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These defeats resulted in many Western nations carving out spheres of influence in China
1900
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An anti-foreigner movement in which many Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed.
1911
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Led to the Guomindang Party governing China
1921 - 1949
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Using a decisive opening created by Japan's invasion of China, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) addressed both the problems of foreign imperialism and peasant exploitation.
1928 - 1948
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A measure of modern development only really impacting urban areas.
1950 - 1969
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China bitterly criticized Khrushchev for backing down in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1950
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1958 - 1960
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Mao Zedong's reform attempts to mobilize China's enormous rural population for rapid development which ended up killing 20 million people.
1966 - 1969
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An attempt to combat capitalism but there was no large scale success.
1976
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The CCP gradually abandoned Maoist socialism while retaining control of the country. The results were stunning economic growth and new prosperity for millions.