B.C- Before Christ A.D- Anno Domini
Around 221 B.C Qin Shi Huangdi unifies China, the becomes China's first emperor.
1368-1644 - In the Ming dynasty, painting,pottery, and many other arts flourished.
1644-1912- Qing Dynasty, was established by the Manchus, its population was 150 million to 450 million
1912-present-The Capital is Beijing. The population in China in 2015 was 1,393,783,836 people. China is the fastest growing country in East Asia ever since the economic reform in 1979.
Land area: 3,600,927 sq mi (9,326,411 sq km); total area:3,705,407 sq mi (9,596,960 sq km)
Population (2014 est.):1,355,692,576 (growth rate: 0.44%); birth rate: 12.17/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.79/1000; life expectancy: 75.15
Largest cities: Shanghai 20.208 million; Guangzhou 10.849 million; Shenzhen 10.63 million; Chongqing 9.977 million; Wuhan 9.158 million (2011)
Around 1600 B.C.The Shang dynasty, the region's first recorded dynasty, masters the production of bronze.
Around 221 B.C.Qin Shi Huangdi unifies China and becomes its first emperor.
1368-1644 A.D.During the Ming dynasty, painting, calligraphy, pottery and other arts flourish.
1839-1860In the Opium Wars, China and Western nations battle over trade issues.
1931-1945Japan invades the province of Manchuria. After Japan is defeated in World War II, civil war breaks out in China.
1949Mao Zedong, head of the Communist Party, establishes the People's Republic of China. Rivals belonging to the Nationalist Party move to Taiwan, off China's eastern coast.
1958-1961Mao's plan to change China's economy and farming system fails. Millions of people die of starvation.
1972Richard M. Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to visit Communist China.
1989About 1 million students hold pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The uprising is crushed by the army.
1997China regains control of Hong Kong, which had been under British rule for 99 years.
2006The Three Gorges River Dam across the Yangtze is completed. It took 13 years to build.
2008Beijing hosts the XXIX Olympiad.
2010China officially surpasses Japan to become the world’s second largest economy.
4 important leaders:
Qin Shi Huang
kublia khan
Sun Yat-sen
Mao-Zendong
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