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The People's Republic of China declared independence from the Republic of China, founded in 1912, who retreated to Taiwan while the Chinese Communist Party consolidated control of Mainland China. Initial establishment in 2070 BC. December 24, 1951 United Kingdom and France Libya
Independence from France Chad: 10 October 2022: National Transitional Council established 11 August 1960: Independence from France 3 February 1997: Aouzou Strip awarded to Chad Comoros: 6 July 1975: Independence from France declared Democratic Republic of Congo: 17 May 1997: 30 June 1960: Independence from Belgium Republic of Congo: 15 August 1960
The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was founded in 1919. Kosovo: Independence Day: 17 February: 2008 Serbia: February 17 is celebrated as Independence Day in Kosovo, commemorating the declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, marking a significant milestone in the nation's history. Kuwait: National Day: 25 February: 1961
The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) was the last imperial dynasty in China. Founded by the Manchus, it was the second conquest dynasty to rule the entirety of China proper, and roughly doubled the territory controlled by the Ming.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was founded. [10] 4 December: The first installment of Lu Xun's novel The True Story of Ah Q, the first work written in written vernacular Chinese, was published. 1923: January: The Radio Corporation of China was founded. [11] 6 January
The Republic of China's first president, Sun Yat-sen, chose Zhōnghuá Mínguó (中華民國; 'Chinese People's State') as the country's official Chinese name.The name was derived from the language of the Tongmenghui's 1905 party manifesto, which proclaimed that the four goals of the Chinese revolution were "to expel the Manchu rulers, revive China (), establish a people's state (mínguó ...
Per capita incomes have also risen significantly – when the PRC was founded in 1949, per capita income in China was one-fifth of the world average; per capita incomes now equal the world average itself. [311] China's development is highly uneven; its major cities and coastal areas are far more prosperous than its rural and interior regions. [313]
When Sun Yat-sen took office as the provisional President of the Republic of China in early 1912, following the 1911 Revolution, he sent delegated powers to all provinces, "taking the year 4609 of the Yellow Emperor as the first year of the Republic of China", which was the first time in Chinese history that the "five thousand year history ...