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The Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929 (Chinese: 中東路事件, Russian: Конфликт на Китайско-Восточной железной дороге) was an armed conflict between the Soviet Union and the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang of the Republic of China over the Chinese Eastern Railway (also known as the CER).
November – The Red Spear Society ceases to exist on the northern Shandong Peninsula as result of Liu Zhennian's counter-insurgency campaign.; November 20 – Taiping Fire and Marine Insurance, as predecessor of China Taiping Insurance was founded in Shanghai.
Course of the Wall throughout history. The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.
Pages in category "History of the Great Wall of China" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The current English name evolved from accounts of "the Chinese wall" from early modern European travelers. [22] By the nineteenth century, [22] "the Great Wall of China" had become standard in English and French, although other European languages such as German continue to refer to it as "the Chinese wall". [16]
In order to achieve the purpose of propaganda, the "South Great Wall 2003 China-Korea Go Invitational Tournament" was held in Fenghuang County. Related units spent nearly 200,000 yuan to build the world’s largest go board on the South Great Wall, which is 5051.83 times the standard chess board, with a side length of 31.7 meters and a total ...
Li Lisan was able to assume de facto control of the party organization by 1929–1930. [49] The 1929 Gutian Congress was important in establishing the principle of party control over the military, which continues to be a core principle of the party's ideology. [50]: 280 Li's leadership was a failure, leaving the CCP on the brink of destruction ...
The defense of the Great Wall (simplified Chinese: 长城抗战; traditional Chinese: 長城抗戰; pinyin: Chángchéng Kàngzhàn) (January 1 – May 31, 1933) was a campaign between the armies of Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which took place before the Second Sino-Japanese War officially commenced in 1937 and after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931.