1839-42: First Opium War. British imported tea from China, and in return exported opium from India into China. In 1839, the Chinese government destroys 20,000 chests of British opium and prohibits its use. Britain retaliates militarily. 1842: Treaty of...
China’s Revolutionary Legacy
Zhang Chunqiao: Communist leader of China’s Cultural Revolution
Veteran Chinese communist Zhang Chunqiao died of throat cancer on April 21, 2005, at the age of 88. The official New China News Agency announced his death on May 10. Despite Zhang’s distinguished career as a communist theoretician and organizer, his death was given no...