| 1 | 23.1.1556 | Event | An earthquake in Shensi Province, China, killed 830,000 people |
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| 2 | 9.6.1898 | Event | China leased Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years |
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| 3 | 31.5.1900 | Event | The Boxer rebellion in China broke out |
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| 4 | 14.8.1900 | Event | The Boxer Rebellion, in China, was ended by an international force |
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| 5 | 7.9.1901 | Event | China officially ended the Boxer uprising |
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| 6 | 12.2.1912 | Event | China became a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor |
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| 7 | 28.1.1932 | Event | Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China |
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| 8 | 12.6.1938 | Event | Severe flooding of China's Yellow river killed thousands |
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| 9 | 23.9.1940 | Event | Japanese troops entered Indo China |
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| 10 | 1.10.1949 | Event | The People's Republic of China was created |
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| 11 | 11.8.1954 | Event | Hostilities in the Indo-China conflict ended after eight years |
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| 12 | 18.8.1966 | Event | The 'Cultural Revolution' in China began |
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| 13 | 17.6.1967 | Event | China exploded its first H-bomb |
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| 14 | 24.4.1970 | Event | China became the 5th nation to launch a satellite into orbit |
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| 15 | 10.6.1971 | Event | The United States lifted a 21 year trade embargo on China |
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| 16 | 10.7.1971 | Event | The United States lifted a 21 year trade ban with China |
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| 17 | 21.2.1972 | Event | US President Richard Nixon went on visit to China, to help improve relations |
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| 18 | 11.7.1975 | Event | An army of life-size terracotta soldiers was discovered in China |
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| 19 | 28.7.1976 | Event | China was struck by an earthquake, killing an estimated 800,000 people |
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| 20 | 5.6.1978 | Event | Figures suggested that China had detained 110,000 people since 1957 |
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| 21 | 26.9.1984 | Event | The UK agreed to hand over the soverignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
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| 22 | 12.10.1986 | Event | The Queen became the first British monarch to visit China |
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| 23 | 21.12.1986 | Event | Over 50,000 students demonstrated in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China |
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| 24 | 12.1.1990 | Event | Martial Law was lifted in Beijing, China |
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| 25 | 20.5.1990 | Event | An estimated 2 million people across China protested against Martial Law |
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| 26 | 14.7.1991 | Event | The Yangtze river in China flooded, causing much damage & loss of life |
