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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Chinese Revolution

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

Any visitor at the show soon realizes that the Chinese Revolution has also obliterated any notion of socialist realism, as practiced—however fitfully—in Russia.

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)