CPC during World War
CPC
During World War II (Second Sino-Japanese War), the Communist Party of China (CPC), entered a United Front with the Nationalists against Japan. While formally cooperating, the CPC simultaneously expanded its own military capabilities and political influence. Key actions included establishing rural base areas, launching the strategic "Hundred Regiments Offensive," and perfecting its ideology. This wartime expansion crucially prepared the CPC for victory over the Nationalists in the subsequent Civil War, leading to the creation of the People's Republic of China.
People
Birth
Death
Origin
Age (Death)
| 1879 | |
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| 1886 | |
| 1889 | |
| 1893 | |
| 1898 | |
| 1898 | |
| 1898 | |
| 1901 | |
| 1904 | |
| 1907 |
Timeline
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Element |
| Year | CPC |
|---|---|
| 1879 |
Birth of Chen Duxiu (Period: October 9, 1879 (Some sources state October 8), Location: Anqing City, Anhui Province, China)
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| 1886 |
Birth of Zhu De (Period: December 1, 1886, Location: Ma'an Town (Lijiawan), Yilong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, China)
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| 1889 |
Birth of Li Dazhao (Period: October 29, 1889, Location: Daguduo Village, Laoting County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China)
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| 1890 |
Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Gao Xiaolan)
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| 1893 |
Birth of Mao Zedong (Period: December 26, 1893, Location: Shaoshan Chong, Shaoshan City, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China (formerly Xiangtan County))
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| 1894 |
First Sino-Japanese War
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| 1898 |
Birth of Zhou Enlai (Period: March 5, 1898, Location: Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province)
Birth of Peng Dehuai (Period: October 24, 1898, Location: Around Shitan Township, Xiangtan County, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China)
Birth of Liu Shaoqi (Period: November 24, 1898, Location: Tanzi Chong, Huaminglou Town, Ningxiang City, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China)
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| 1899 |
Marriage (Li Dazhao, Zhao Renlan)
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| 1900 |
Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Gao Junman)
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| 1901 |
Birth of Chen Yi (Period: August 26, 1901, Location: Lezhi County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China (now Lezhi County, Ziyang City))
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| 1904 |
Birth of Deng Xiaoping (Period: August 22, 1904, Location: Paifang Village, Xiexing Town, Guang'an District, Guang'an City, Sichuan Province, China)
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| 1905 |
Marriage (Zhu De, Liu Congzhen)
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| 1907 |
Marriage (Mao Zedong, Luo Yixiu)
Birth of Lin Biao (Period: December 5, 1907 (Some sources state born in 1906), Location: Around Huilongshan Town, Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hunan Province, China (formerly Huanggang County))
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| 1909 |
Military Education at the Yunnan Military Academy (Zhu De)
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| 1910 |
Marriage (Zhu De, Chen Yuzhen)
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| 1911 |
Xinhai Revolution
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| 1912 |
Marriage (Zhu De, Xiao Jufang)
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| 1913 |
Second Revolution
Study in Japan and Contact with Socialist Thought
Studies at Hunan First Normal University and Formation of the New People's Study Society
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| 1914 | |
| 1915 |
Anti-Twenty-One Demands Movement
Launch of Youth Magazine (later New Youth)
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| 1917 |
Appointment as Dean of the School of Letters at Peking University (Chen Duxiu)
Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War
Introduction of the October Revolution and Spread of Marxism
Study in Japan
Constitutional Protection War
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| 1918 |
Appointment as Chief Librarian at Peking University (Li Dazhao)
Interactions with Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu at Peking University
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| 1919 |
Approach to Marxism and Formation of Communist Groups
May Fourth Movement
Arrest after the May Fourth Movement
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| 1920 |
Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Pan Lanzhen)
Formation of the Beijing Communist Group
Marriage (Mao Zedong, Yang Kaihui)
Study in France and Activities with the Paris Branch of the Chinese Communist Party
Marriage (Liu Shaoqi, He Baozhen)
Marriage (Lin Biao, Zhang Mei)
勤工倹学 Work-Study Program in France
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| 1921 |
Studies at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow and Joining the Chinese Communist Party
Founding of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1922 |
Promotion of the First United Front
Study in Europe and Joining the Chinese Communist Party
Enrolment at the Hunan Military Academy (Peng Dehuai)
Marriage (Peng Dehuai, Liu Kunmo (former name))
Anyuan Coal Miners' Strike
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| 1923 |
First United Front
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| 1924 |
Activities at the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy
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| 1925 |
Enrolment at the Whampoa Military Academy (Lin Biao)
May Thirtieth Movement
Marriage (Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao)
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| 1926 |
Northern Expedition
Zhongshan Warship Incident
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| 1927 |
Revolutionary struggles during the Chinese Civil War and the First Chinese Civil War
First Chinese Civil War
Establishment of the Jinggang Mountains Revolutionary Base Area
Raid on the Soviet Embassy in Beijing and Arrest of Li Dazhao
Shanghai Massacre (April 12 Incident)
Death of Li Dazhao
Trial and Execution of Li Dazhao
Nanchang Uprising
Autumn Harvest Uprising
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| 1928 |
Construction of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Marriage (Zhu De, Wu Ruolan)
Joining the Chinese Communist Party
Join at Jinggangshan and Promotion in the Red Army (Lin Biao)
Marriage (Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Xiyuan)
Construction of the Jinggang Mountains Revolutionary Base Area
Merger of Zhu De's and Mao Zedong's Forces at Jinggangshan
Marriage (Mao Zedong, He Zizhen)
Pingjiang Uprising
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| 1929 |
Expulsion of Chen Duxiu from the Chinese Communist Party
Marriage (Zhu De, Kang Keqing)
Chinese Eastern Railway Incident
Baise Uprising
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| 1930 |
Marriage (Liu Shaoqi, Xie Fei)
Marriage (Liu Shaoqi, Wang Qian)
Marriage (Lin Biao, Ye Qun)
Marriage (Chen Yi, Xiao Juying)
Longzhou Uprising
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| 1931 |
Marriage (Deng Xiaoping, Jin Weiying)
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| 1932 |
Arrest and Imprisonment of Chen Duxiu
Marriage (Chen Yi, Lai Yueming)
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| 1934 |
Long March
Participation in the Long March and the Zunyi Conference
Long March and Arrival in Northern Shaanxi
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| 1935 |
Zunyi Conference
Participation in the Zunyi Conference
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| 1936 |
Xi'an Incident
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| 1937 |
Late Thought Research and Political Isolation
Second Sino-Japanese War
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army (Zhu De)
Battle of Pingxingguan
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| 1938 |
Marriage (Mao Zedong, Jiang Qing)
Marriage (Peng Dehuai, Pu Anxiu)
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| 1939 |
Marriage (Deng Xiaoping, Zhuo Lin)
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| 1940 |
Marriage (Chen Yi, Zhang Qian)
Hundred Regiments Offensive
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| 1941 |
Wannan Incident (New Fourth Army Incident)
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| 1942 |
Death of Chen Duxiu
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| 1943 |
Huanghatang Incident
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| 1945 |
7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1946 |
Second Chinese Civil War
Command of the Northeast Field Army (Lin Biao)
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| 1947 |
Command of the East China Field Army (Chen Yi)
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| 1948 |
Marriage (Liu Shaoqi, Wang Guangmei)
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| 1949 |
Land Reform and Socialist Transformation
Establishment of the People's Republic of China and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army
Appointment as Mayor of Shanghai (Chen Yi)
Proclamation of the Founding of the People's Republic of China
Founding of the People's Republic of China and Appointment as First Premier of the State Council (Zhou Enlai)
Establishment of the People's Republic of China
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| 1950 |
Korean War
Appointment as Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (Peng Dehuai)
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| 1953 |
Proposal of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
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| 1954 |
Participation in the Geneva Conference
Appointment as Minister of National Defense (Peng Dehuai)
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| 1955 |
Appointment to Marshal
Appointment as Marshal of the People's Republic of China
Asian-African Conference (Bandung Conference)
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| 1956 |
Assumption of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (Deng Xiaoping)
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| 1958 |
Great Leap Forward
Appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chen Yi)
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| 1959 |
Appointment as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (Zhu De)
Internal Party Power Struggles after the Lushan Conference
Assumption of the Presidency of the People's Republic of China (Liu Shaoqi)
Criticism of the Great Leap Forward and Purge at the Lushan Conference
Appointment as Minister of National Defense (Lin Biao)
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| 1966 |
Cultural Revolution
Launch of the Cultural Revolution
Criticism during the Cultural Revolution
Purge of Liu Shaoqi during the Cultural Revolution
Confinement and Persecution during the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution and Designation as Mao Zedong's Successor
Purge during the Cultural Revolution
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| 1969 |
Death of Liu Shaoqi
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| 1971 |
Sino-American Rapprochement and Nixon's Visit to China
Posthumous Party Criticism and Re-evaluation
Rehabilitation and Re-evaluation
Death of Lin Biao
Lin Biao Incident (September 13 Incident)
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| 1972 |
Death of Chen Yi
Normalization of Sino-Japanese Relations
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| 1974 |
Death of Peng Dehuai
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| 1976 |
Death of Zhou Enlai
Tiananmen Incident (First Tiananmen Incident)
Death of Zhu De
Death of Mao Zedong
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| 1978 |
Initiation of the Reform and Opening-up Policy
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| 1980 |
Rehabilitation
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| 1989 |
Tiananmen Square Protests (June Fourth Incident)
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| 1992 |
Southern Tour Lectures
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| 1997 |
Death of Deng Xiaoping
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| Unknown |
Marriage (Liu Shaoqi, Other Spouses, Period: Details Unknown, Location: Details Unknown)
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