Chinese Revolution
Americannoun
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the revolution in China in 1911, resulting in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and in the establishment of a republic in 1912.
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the events that culminated in the overthrow of the Nationalist regime and the establishment of the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.
noun
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the overthrow of the last Manchu emperor and the establishment of a republic in China (1911–12)
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the transformation of China (esp in the 1940s and 1950s) under the Chinese Communist Party
Example Sentences
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Chinese Americans must find it even more bizarre that we have dismissed the mystery of China for the mystique of the Chinese Revolution.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
From the Chinese Revolution until 1979, the U.S. refused to grant international recognition to the communist government in Beijing.
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2020
She had once been part of a traveling animal exhibition, they learned, and became a permanent resident of the zoo shortly after the end of the Chinese Revolution in 1949.
From New York Times • May 25, 2015
Peking seems to be less ideological and more pragmatic in foreign policy than it has been since the Chinese Revolution 26 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
This Chinese Revolution burst into sudden blaze in October, 1911, and reached a triumphant close on February 12, 1912, when the Royal Edict, given in the following article, was proclaimed at Peking.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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