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

中國史溫習重點英文版 (Study plan for China English Version) - DSE 歷史 history

China study plan (1900-2000)

Œ1) Collapse of Qing rule: Can Late Qing Reform transform China? / What is the relative importance of those factors leading to collapse of Qing rule?

·         HKDSE 2012: Compare the 1911 Revolution and the May Fourth Movement in terms of their impact of China’s historical development.

·         HKDSE 2014: ‘The Qing government failed to transform China in the period 1900-12, whereas the Nanjing government succeeded in transforming the country in the period 1927-37.’ Do you agree?

·         HKDSE 2015: (Sun Yat sen) Discuss whether his impact on China’s development was more positive than negative.

2) Nanjing government reforms: Can it transform China? / Assess effectiveness in modernizing China

·         HKDSE 2014: ‘The Qing government failed to transform China in the period 1900-12, whereas the Nanjing government succeeded in transforming the country in the period 1927-37.’ Do you agree?

·         HKDSE 2015: (Chiang Kai-shek) Discuss whether his impact on China’s development was more positive than negative.

·         HKALE 2012: Discuss the nature of Nationalist rule at Nanjing in the period 1928-37.

Ž3) Mao Zedong period: Assess the effectiveness of 1^st and 2^nd Five year plan in modernizing China

·         HKDSE 2015: (Mao Zedong) Discuss whether his impact on China’s development was more positive than negative.

·         HKDSE Sample paper: Compare the main features of China’s modernization efforts in the Maoist and post-Mao periods.

·         HKDSE Practice paper: In what ways was the year 1949 a turning point of modern Chinese history?

·         HKCEE 2008: Discuss the major political changes and continuities of China in 1949-78.

·         HKCEE 2009: Examine the impact of mass movement on development of China from 1950s - 1970s.

·         HKALE 2008: Select two of the following with reference to objectives, methods and effectiveness. (a) First Five Year Plan (b) Great Leap Forward (c) Readjustment policies

·         HKALE 2011: Examine Mao Zedong’s influence on political and economic developments in the People’s Republic of China in the period of 1957-76.

4) Reform and Opening: Can it reform China? / Assess the effectiveness in modernizing China

·         HKDSE 2015: (Deng Xiaopang) Discuss whether his impact on China’s development was more positive than negative.

·         HKCEE 2010: Explain in what ways 1978 was a turning point in the modern history of China.

5) Cross Topic question: E.G. Relations with Japan

·         HKDSE 2014: Discuss the factors that worked for, and those that worked against, the development of the relationship between the People’s Republic of China and Japan in the period 1949-2000.