DSE History歷史: 日本史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Japan English Version)

DSE History歷史: 日本史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Japan English Version)

*Grey: Rise of militarism / *Orange: Economic recovery / *Blue: Relations with Asian countries

Year	Incident	Remarks
1902	Anglo-Japanese Alliance	The first Asian countries forming alliance with Britain.
1905	Russo-Japanese War	Defeat of Russia proves the powers of Japan in 1900s.
1912	Muji Emperor (明治天皇) passed away and Taisho Emperor (大正天皇) ascended the throne.
1915	Japan invaded Shandong and force China to sign ‘Twenty-one Demands’.
1918	First Prime minister, Hara Takashi (原敬) was appointed, all his cabinet members were members of his party except army minister, which marked the start of party politics.
1919	Outline plain for the Reconstruction of Japan	It proposed to overthrow party politics and adopt aggressive foreign policy under the leadership of Japanese Emperor.
1925	General election law	All men aged 25 have the right to vote
1927	Tanaka Memorial (田中奏摺)	It outlined the plain to take over the world: First Manchuria, then China, Asia and the world.
1931	18/9 Incident	Japan invaded Northeast China and set up Manzhouguo (滿洲國)
1932	May 15th Incident	Prime minister Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養毅) was killed
1936	February 26th Incident	Army started a mutiny and killed Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清)
1937	Japan invaded in the whole China for 8 years.
1940	Imperial Rule Assistance Association (大政翼贊會) was established to replace political parties.
	Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was formed
1940s	Japan invaded Southeast Asia and proposed ‘Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere’ (大東亞共榮圈)
1945-52	Occupation period, U.S. adopted many economic and political reforms.
1951	San Francisco Peace Treaty	Japan became independent and could provide labor and material resources to the Southeast Asian countries as punishment
	Japan-US Security Treaty	US forces stayed in Japan for protection which saved Japan’s military expenditures. (lower than 1% of GDP)
1952	First Sino-Japanese Non-official Trade Agreement was signed
1955	Joined General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (關稅及貿易總協定)
1962	Sino-Japanese Long-term Trade Memorandum was signed.
1972	China and Japan resumed their diplomatic relations.
1977	Fukuda Doctrine (福田主義)	Japan expressed their willingness to establish long-term relations with Southeast Asian countries.
1978	China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty. Japanese government recognized PRC is the only legal government in China.
1983	Japan visited South Korea.
1984	Japan visited China, India and Pakistan
1985	Japan proposed ‘Four principles for Asia-Pacific cooperation’ to enhance its influence in Asia

DSE History歷史: 中國史時序表英文版 (Timeline for China English Version)

DSE History歷史: 中國史時序表英文版 (Timeline for China English Version)

Year	Incident	Notes
1900	Eight-Nation Alliance annexed in China, which urged Qing government to introduce reform.
1900s	Late Qing Reform	Whether it transformed China??
1911	1911 Revolution	After 11 revolutions, Sun finally overturned the Qing Dynasty
1912-16	Yuen became the first president of new republic in 1912, but then he restored monarchy in 1915. Finally it was not successful due to the Campaign to Defend the Republic (護國運動)
1916-28	The Warlord Era	After Yuen died in 1916, The Beiyang generals separated and expanded in different regions. It ended after Northern Expedition led by KMT.
1919	May-Forth Movement	China handed Shandong right to Japan under ’21 demand’. The Chinese were very angry and triggered this event.
	Chinese Nationalist Party was set up
1921	Communist Party of China (CPC) was set up
1924-27	The First United Front	Two parties cooperated to plan the Northern Expedition.
1928	Northern Expedition was successful and Nanjing government was set up
1931	9/18 Incident	Japan invaded Northeast China and set up Manzhouguo (滿洲國)
1934	New Life Movement	It promoted a spiritual awakening among the Chinese and the virtues of Politeness, righteousness, integrity and self-respect (禮義廉恥)
1937-45	Japan fully invaded China, Second Sino-Japanese War formally began.
1946-49	Chinese Civil War	Communist Party of China (CPC) finally won the war.
1949	People’s Republic of China was established.
1950-52	Land Reforms	Landlords’ land was taken and redistributed to each poor peasant.
1951	Three Anti	Anti-corruption, wastage and bureaucracy
1952	Five Anti	Anti-bribery, tax evasion, theft of national treasures, constriction fraud and national economic intelligence
1953	First Five Year Plan	1) Develop heavy industry: 156 construction projects started 2) Agricultural collectivization: Cooperatives was established. Peasants shared land and farmed collectively. Over 90% peasants joined in 1956. 3) Handicraft collectivization: Production, Supply and Producers cooperatives was set up. Over 90% handicraft workers joined in 1956. 4) Private industry was nationalized for planned economy.
1958	Second Five Year Plan	1) General Line for Socialist Construction, 2) Great Leap Forward, 3) People’s Communes. Totally failed.
1966-76	Cultural Revolution	Brought negative impacts to China in different aspects
1979	Reform and Opening-Up
1979	China and U.S. established formal diplomatic relations. Deng visited U.S.
1983	Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦) visited Japan
1986	Elizabeth represented U.K. visiting China
1989	Tiananmen Sqaure Protest

DSE History歷史: 香港史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Hong Kong English Version)

DSE History歷史: 香港史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Hong Kong English Version)

*Orange: Social reforms

*Green: Political reforms

Year	Incident
1925-26	Guangdong - Hong Kong General Strike
1935	Urban Council	Sanitary Board (潔淨局) was renamed to Urban Council. Some of the local citizens could be the jurors to vote
1946	Young Plan	Increase the number of unofficial members in Legislative Council
1950s	Localization of Civil service	Increase the local representatives in civil services. Outcome: 16.3% members are Chinese in 1964.
1960s- 1980s	Start develop New Towns	Tsuen Wan (1960)，Sha Tin (1976)，Tuen Mun (1976)，Yseung Kwan O (1987)，Tin Shui Wai (1987) etc…
1966-67	Hong Kong 1966-67 riot	It was triggered by and ticket price increase of Star Ferry Cultural revolution and made the government introduced social reforms.
1968	City District Officer Scheme	Receive complaints from the citizens and provide consultancy services to enhance communication with the citizens.
1960s	Different Advisory Committees were set up to reflect citizen’s opinions before policies-making.
1971	Public Assistance Scheme	Provide financial assistance to the people living in poverty.
	Six-year Compulsory Education
1972	10-year Housing Programe	Enhance the supply of housing with complete facilities.
	Disability and Infirmity Allowance
1974	ICAC	Handle with corruption problem
	Chinese language became official language in court.
1976	Hone Ownership Scheme	Further improve citizen’s living standard
1978	Nine-year Compulsory Education
1982	First direct election held in District Boards. All HK citizens aged above 21 were eligible to vote.
1983	First direct election held in Urban Council. All HK citizens aged above 21 were eligible to vote.
1984	Sino-British declaration	It sets up the direction of ‘Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong’ and ‘One country, two system’.
1985	First indirect election was held in Legislative Council. 12 seats were elected by members of District Board and Urban Councils. 12 sears were elected by functional constituencies.
1986	Regional Council	Part of seats were elected by geographical constituencies.
1991	First direct election was held in Legislative Council. 18 seats were elected by geographical constituencies while 18 seats were elected by functional constituencies.
1995	Wholly election was held in Legislative Council. 20 sears were elected by geographical constituencies while 30 seats were elected by functional constituencies.