Chinese Revolution

American  

noun

1. the revolution in China in 1911, resulting in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and in the establishment of a republic in 1912.

2. 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.

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Chinese Revolution British  

noun

1. the overthrow of the last Manchu emperor and the establishment of a republic in China (1911–12)

2. the transformation of China (esp in the 1940s and 1950s) under the Chinese Communist Party

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Example Sentences

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

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

At the time the Manchu Dynasty was overthrown by the Chinese Revolution of 1911, some 30 miles of the railway had been completed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The decade which elapsed between the Russo-Japanese and European Wars saw in the Far East another event of the first magnitude: the Chinese Revolution of 1911.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop