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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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
The relationship between China and Sri Lanka had long been amenable, with Sri Lanka an early recognizer of Mao’s Communist government after the Chinese Revolution.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2018
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
The Chinese and other revolutions of the present period, beginning with the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Chinese Revolution of 1911, are once more transforming the economic, political and cultural life of mankind.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
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