Lane 1 of 7
Its mark
37 events
中国以外
Outside China.
中国以外
What it holds
Forces originating outside China that acted on the Party: Marx and the Comintern, the October Revolution, Soviet aid and advisers, Stalin, the Sino-Soviet split, wars and openings, 1989 in Europe, the WTO.
What it refuses
Not world history in general. A row earns its place only if a decision, campaign or consequence inside China turns on it.
By decade
37 EVENTS · TAP A DECADE'40'50'60'70'80'90'00'10'20'30'40'50'60'70'80'90'00'10'20
The events 事件37
Oldest first. Every row opens its event, with its sources on its own page.
- 7 November 1917The October RevolutionOutside Chinadocumented
- March 1919The Communist International founded in MoscowOutside Chinadocumented
- 1920Comintern agents arrive in ChinaOutside Chinadocumented
- January 1923The Sun-Joffe ManifestoOutside Chinadocumented
- 18 September 1931The Mukden IncidentOutside Chinadocumented
- 7 July 1937The Marco Polo Bridge IncidentOutside Chinadocumented
- 21 August 1937The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression PactOutside Chinadocumented
- 13 April 1941The Soviet-Japanese Neutrality PactOutside Chinadocumented
- 8 December 1941Pearl Harbor; China becomes an Allied theatreOutside Chinadocumented
- July 1944The Dixie Mission reaches Yan'anOutside Chinadocumented
- February 1945YaltaOutside Chinadocumented
- August 1945Soviet forces enter Manchuria; Japan surrendersOutside Chinadocumented
- 14 August 1945The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and AllianceOutside Chinadocumented
- March 1946Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria completedOutside Chinadocumented
- December 1949Mao travels to MoscowOutside Chinadocumented
- 14 February 1950The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual AssistanceOutside Chinadocumented
- 25 June 1950The Korean War beginsOutside Chinadocumented
- 8 October 1950Stalin, Mao and the decision to enter KoreaOutside Chinadocumented
- 5 March 1953Stalin diesOutside Chinadocumented
- September 1954Khrushchev in Beijing; Port Arthur and Dalian returnedOutside Chinadocumented
- February 1956Khrushchev's secret speechOutside Chinadocumented
- October 1956The Hungarian uprisingOutside Chinadocumented
- November 1957Mao at the Moscow ConferenceOutside Chinadocumented
- July 1958The long-wave station and joint fleet proposals refusedOutside Chinadocumented
- June 1959Moscow cancels the nuclear sharing agreementOutside Chinadocumented
- July 1960Soviet advisers withdrawnOutside Chinadocumented
- March 1969Sino-Soviet border clashesOutside Chinasupported
- October 1971The PRC takes the China seat at the United NationsOutside Chinadocumented
- February 1972Nixon visits ChinaOutside Chinasupported
- 1 January 1979Diplomatic normalisation with the United StatesOutside Chinadocumented
- November 1989The Berlin Wall fallsOutside Chinadocumented
- 26 December 1991The Soviet Union is dissolvedOutside Chinadocumented
- 1 July 1997Hong Kong returns to Chinese sovereigntydocumented
- 11 December 2001China joins the World Trade Organizationdocumented
- June 2020The Hong Kong National Security Lawdocumented
- 19 March 2024The Hong Kong Article 23 security lawdocumented
- 9 April 2025The tariff war with the United Statessupported
- 1871The Paris CommuneStruckStruck