Category Archives: Default

Founding of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Shanghai

Versailles Treaty; students’ protest against the treaty; May Fourth Movement broke out from Peking and spread to major Chinese cities; this new cultural movement was characterized by its anti-traditionalism; Click here to see a documentary clip on the May Fourth … Continue reading →

October 10: outbreak in Wuhan of Chinese Revolution; national day for Republic of China

Boxer Uprising, backed by the Empress Dowager who declared war against “all foreigners in the world;” second expedition by the Allied forces (of 8 nations: Britain, The United States, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Austria) entered Peking; the Imperial … Continue reading →

Lu Xun (1881-1936) Lu Xun (pseud. of Zhou Shuren, 1881-1936) was born on September 25, 1881 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He was taught Chinese classics by a private tutor. In 1898 he entered South China Naval Academy in Nanjing but … Continue reading →

Reform Movement led by people such as Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, and later Sun Zhongshan