Shang Dynasty
1766 BC - 1059 BC
Zhou Dynasty
1059 BC - 221 BC
Qin Dynasty
221 BC - 206 BC
building of the Great
Wall begins
Han Dynasty
206 BC - 220 AD
Period of Disunity
220 - 581
Sui Dynasty
581 - 618
Tang Dynasty
618 - 907
Five Dynasties &
Ten Kingdoms
struggle to control
China
907 - 960
Song Dynasty
reunifies China
960 - 1279
Yuan Dynasty
1279 - 1368
Ming Dynasty
1368 - 1644
Qing Dynasty
the last Dynasty
1644 - 1911
Sun Yat-Sen
becomes President
of Chinese Republic
1912
Chinese Communist
Party founded
1921
Chian Kai-Shek
sets up Nationalist
government in Nanjing
1927
Chinese Nationalists
& Communists fight
civil war
1946 - 1949
Communist Party
Chairman Mao Zedong
declares formation of
People's Republic of
China, Chiang Kai-
Shek's Nationalist
forces retreat to Taiwan
setting up Republic of
China
1949
Mao Zedong begins
Great Leap Forward
1958
Mao Zedong begins
Cultural Revolution
1966
People's Republic of
China admitted to
United Nations
1971
Mao Zedong dies
1976
Chinese Communist
Party moves toward
less government
control of economy
under Deng Xiaoping
1980
Student protestors
against government
corrpution killed in
Beijing's Tiananmen
Square
1989
2008 Olympics
ni hao
this page is dedicated to my Aunt Pauline
1909 - 2005
photos on this page by Robin Lawrence Poses unless otherwise noted
Quaker City
Methodist Church Photo
flying over the ice during the 14 hour flight to capital city, Beijing
Suggested Reading:
Lady and the Panda
Vicki Croke
River Town : Two Years on the Yangtze
Peter Hessler
Bones of the Master
George Crane
Across China
Peter Jenkins
Wall to Wall
from Beijing to Berlin by Rail
Mary Morris
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Bell Tower, Beijing
Running Man, symbol of the 2008 Olympics to be held in Beijing
Most of the China photos have been enhanced with Adobe Photoshop. The pollution all over China was overwhelming. Below are typical examples of the original pictures with the thick smog just "hanging" over them.
Photos were hard to come by at Tienanmen Square - the square holds one million people - I think they were all there the same day I was !!
One World, One Dream is the slogan for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games
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Beijing is the capital city of China - called the Heart of China. Tienanmen Square is called the Heart of the Heart. The city bustles with a population of 13 million; 2.5 million cars and 9 million bicycles. The city is 70 miles wide. Government tax on cars is down to 30% from the previous 200%.
Click the following links to see more of China:
Summer Palace
Shanghai
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