C H I N A

C H I N A Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes - Qing dynasty the Edo shogunate Japan closes country to Western - Two Opium Wars Powers except for restricted trade with the Dutch Japan and the USA conclude the Treaty of Peace, ending Japan’s seclusion Restoration of Meiji Compulsory education system First railway line between Tokyo and Yokohama Meiji Constitution enacted - War between Japan and China - War between Japan and Russia Korea annexed, colony till Sun Yat-sen founds Guomingdang - First World War May Fourth Movement Universal male suffrage CCP founded Japan’s invasion of China - Civil Wars in China - The Pacific War Long March Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - US-led Occupation of Japan People’s Republic of China Reforms to democratise and Chiang Kai-shek founds demilitarise Japan Republic of China in Taiwan Japan becomes a member of the China attacks India United Nations over border dispute Olympic Games in Tokyo, Cultural Revolution the first time in Asia Death of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai Hong Kong returned to China by Britain