Rise of China - All Parts

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Discover the complete story of China's astonishing 20th century transformation, from humiliation at the hands of colonial powers, to a nuclear-armed Communist superpower, and one of the world's leading economies. Chapters: 00:00 The Middle Kingdom 00:02:08 Confucius 00:03:36 Opium Wars 00:04:52 Taiping Rebellion 00:06:23 Boxer Rebellion 00:07:26 Empress Dowager Cixi 00:11:22 1911 Revolution 00:18:56 New Culture Movement 00:23:30 Warlord Era 00:27:13 Rise of Chiang Kai-shek 00:28:48 First United Front 00:31:26 Northern Expedition 00:33:29 Shanghai Massacre (1927) 00:39:55 Nanjing Decade 00:43:24 Mukden Incident 00:44:48 Japan Invades Manchuria 00:46:10 Long March & Mao’s Rise 00:51:14 Xi’an Incident 00:53:47 Second Sino-Japanese War 00:54:34 Marco Polo Bridge Incident 00:57:39 Battle of Shanghai 01:00:43 Nanjing Massacre 01:03:41 Yellow River Flood (1938) 01:05:15 Battle of Wuhan 01:06:55 China in World War II 01:10:49 Hump Airlift 01:11:49 Flying Tigers 01:13:50 Operation Ichi-Go 01:15:56 Atomic Bombings of Japan 01:16:45 End of War with Japan 01:17:44 Chinese Civil War 01:22:04 Founding of the PRC (1949) 01:22:49 Nationalists Retreat to Taiwan 01:24:26 Early Communist Rule 01:33:21 Korean War 01:37:13 First Five-Year Plan 01:39:08 Hundred Flowers Campaign 01:41:01 Great Leap Forward 01:48:54 Sino-Soviet Split 01:50:30 Sino-Indian War 01:50:56 China’s First Nuclear Test 01:53:17 Maoism & Little Red Book 02:00:04 Cultural Revolution 02:07:24 Ping Pong Diplomacy 02:08:21 Mao Meets Nixon 02:11:46 Gang of Four 02:15:15 Death of Mao Zedong 02:21:24 Rise of Deng Xiaoping 02:25:36 Reform and Opening Up 02:28:46 Socialism with Chinese Characteristics 02:31:04 Special Economic Zones 02:33:32 Sino-Vietnamese War 02:34:52 One Country, Two Systems 02:36:33 One Child Policy 02:39:22 Tiananmen Square Protests 02:43:27 Tank Man 02:47:20 Deng’s Southern Tour 02:47:58 China’s Economic Boom 02:52:58 Hong Kong Handover 02:54:41 China Joins WTO 02:55:39 Beijing Olympics 02:57:27 Rise of Xi Jinping 02:58:22 Credits ------------------------------------- Thank you to our series historical consultant, Dr. Lily Chang of University College London. Find out more about her research and teaching here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/academic-staff/dr-lily-chang ------------------------------------- 🎶 Music: Filmstro | Music is for everyone | https://filmstro.com/royalty-free-music/ ------------------------------------- Thank you to chineseposters.net. To see more of their collection, head to https://chineseposters.net ------------------------------------- 📚 Recommended reading: “The Penguin History of Modern China: the Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present” by Jonathan Fenby - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780141988450 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780141988450 “The Cambridge Illustrated History Of China” by Patricia Buckley Ebrey - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781009151443 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781009151443 "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra F. Vogel - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780674725867 / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9780674725867 You can visit our online bookshop to find great books on China and other Epic History topics: UK site - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv US site - https://bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv As a bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases, while donating 10% of sales to support independent bookshops! ------------------------------------- Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks like ad-free early access & votes on future topics https://www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV Or join the ranks of the Grognards with our YouTube memberships https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ/join 👕 Buy posters, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs & stickers at our merch store: https://www.ehtvmerch.com/ #EpicHistoryTV #EpicHistory #History #China #ChineseHistory #RiseOfChina #DengXiaoping #TiananmenSquare