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The year 2011 is the 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution, the revolution that changed the destiny of all the Chinese people.

On October 11th, 1911, the supporters of Dr. Sun Yet-sun and other revolutionaries started the the Wuchang Uprising which marked the beginning of Xinhai Revolution against the Qing Dynasty, the feudal empire that ruled China for more than three hundreds and fifty years. The Qing Dynasty was officially dissolved on February 12th, 1912, which was followed by the establishment of the first republic in Asia - the Republic of China. 

During Qing Dynasty, China was not ruled by the Han people, it was ruled by the Manchus who took over Beijing and overthrown the Ming Dynasty in 1644. China was completely closed up during the rules of Manchus which caused the domestic development to slow down. This serious of internal corruptions caused the western countries to invade China in the mid-1800's. British for example, started the Optium War against China and gain the rights over Hong Kong under the Treaty of Nanjing, which was the first unequal treaty signed in the history of China. The British also transported many opium to China and caused a great amount of Manchu officials to suffer illnesses and pains. Soon, Russians took northern Manchuria, Japan took over the island of Taiwan and Germany occupied the Shandong Peninsular. All of China was in chaos. 

The people of China finally woke up in this chaos when revolutionaries such as Dr. Sun Yet-sun spreads the benefits of a democratic society. Soon, revolutionaries from all across China were united when Sun established Tongmenghui, known as the Chinese United League. After the overthrown of Qing Dynasty. The Provisional Government of Republic of China was established and Sun Yet-sun became the first president in China.

Today, Chinese from all across the world are celebrating the victory of Xinhai Revolution. October 11th is also known as the Double Ten Day in Taiwan, which is recognized as the National Day of the Republic of China.

1921: The Chinese Communist Party was founded during the summer of 1921 by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. The National Congress of CCP was held in the French Section of Shanghai on July 23nd. Due to the sudden inspection by French polices, the last meeting was held on a fishing boat in the South Lake of Jiaxing. The Central Committee of CCP decided to make July 1st as the anniversary of foundation of the party. Early members of CCP include Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Lin Biao and later Deng Xiaoping (in France).

1922: CCP joined the Comintern and accepted supervision from the Communist Party of Soviet Union.

1923 - 1924: The founder of Republic of China, Sun Yet-sun, decided to work closely with CCP after a meeting with the Comintern representative Henk Sneevliet. All members of CCP joined the Kuomintang as Sun hosted the First National Assembly in 1924 and decided to unite with the Soviet Union and the CCP to solve the domestic problems of China such as imperialism and feudalism. This marked the first cooperation between Kuomintang and CCP. With the help from the Soviets, Huangpu Military School was opened in Guangzhou with Chiang Kai-shek as the principal.

1925 - 1927: After the death of Sun Yet-sun in 1925. Chiang Kai-sheck gained the power of Kuomintang and launched a full scale attack on CCP and killed many of its members. As a result, CCP leads by Zhou Enlai started the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 and built their own army called the “People's Liberation Army". Nanchang Uprising marked the first break up of Kuomintang and CCP.

1927 - 1930: CCP carried out several uprisings in southern China and caused the Kuomintang to attack the communist bases in Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong Province.

1931: Mao Zedong established a communist regime in Jiangxi Province named "Chinese Soviet Republic". The Kuomintang Government decided to destroy this regime by launching Encirclement Campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet.

1934 - 1936: Kuomintang finally succeeded on the 5th Encirclement Campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet. As a result, the Red Army in Jiangxi and Hunan led by Mao launched a full scale retreat to Yan'an in northwest China known as the "Long March". The Long March last for 2 years and stretched over 12,000 kilometers. The communists encountered many problems during their retreat which includes extreme cold weather, lack of foods and the advancing of Chiang's forces on their back. As a result, only 25,000 out of the original 300,000 arrived at their final destination.

1936: The arrest of Chiang Kai-sheck by his colleague Zhang Xueliang during Xi'an Incident forced KMT to cooperate with CCP due to the Japanese aggression on China.

1937 - 1945: Japanese started to attack central China and launched the second Sino-Japanese War. The communist party transformed its red armies into Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army. Both divisions will be led and supervised by Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government to defend China from foreign attack.

1945: Japanese surrendered in China as the World War 2 ended. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai flew to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-sheck and his Kuomintang representatives about China's future and the forming of a united democratic government.

1945 - 1949: Chiang betrayed the joint agreement that was made between KMT and CCP and started to attack CCP controlled regions all across China. The Chinese Civil War broke out again. A lot of civilians and members of other parties strongly opposed this warfare and stated that Chinese people killing each other are not acceptable. Many opposition personnel were either arrested or killed by KMT spies. At the same time, the United States Government terminated the financial support for the KMT regime and caused the party to lose its advantage during the civil war. After 4 years of fighting, CCP captured most of Mainland China and forced the Nationalist Government to retreat to Taiwan.

1949: The Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1st.

1950: The People's Liberation Army liberated Tibet and cleared out the local separatists.

1950 - 1953: Due to the warfare in the Korean Peninsula, the CCP decided to send voluntary forces to North Korea and participated in the Korean War.

1953 - 1966: The CCP launched many political events in the next decade, most of these events heavily damaged the society and economy of China. One of the most famous event was the "Great Leap Forward" which was later on became the direct cause of the "Great Chinese Famine". During early 1960's, conflict broke out between CCP and Khrushchev, the head of USSR. A series of "Anti-Soviet" movement occurred after the recall of Soviet experts. The Chinese Government stated that the Soviets were "social imperialism".

1966: Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution and caused a huge depression in the nation's economy and a disaster for Chinese culture. A lot of ancient Chinese antiques and heritage sites were either ruined or destroyed by Mao's Red Guard. It was known as the dark age of the republic, schools and universities were terminated as scholars and intellectuals were classified as "Going Capitalized". Many of Mao's old colleague such as Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping were classified as "Anti-Revolution" and expelled from the party. Liu Shaoqi was persecuted to death while Deng Xiaoping was back in office after the disaster. A political organization named "Gang of Four" was formed during the Cultural Revolution to secure the central leadership.

1972: US President Richard Nixon changed his foreign policy and paid an ice-breaking trip to China. During the same year, the United Nation replaced the seat for China with PRC instead of ROC.

1976: Mao Zedong died in Beijing as the Culture Revolution came to an end. Gang of Four was arrested and sent to justice.

1978: Deng Xiaoping came back to office and became the top leader of CCP. He stated that China needs to reform and open up to the whole world. The nation needs to focus on economy and international trade instead of making useless political events. The reformed government also rehabilitated the people who were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.

1979: China officially launched the "Reform and Open Up" plan carried out by Deng Xiaoping. He appointed several cities along the Chinese coastline such as Tianjin, Qingdao and Shenzhen to open up for international trade. Shenzhen for example, was just a fishing village before 1980 and was quickly transformed into a major metropolis in southern China during the 1990's.

1984 - 1985: Deng Xiaoping negotiated with the British and Portuguese Government about the issues regarding to Hong Kong and Macau's sovereignty. The Joint Declaration with Britain and Portugal was made in 1988 and announced that Hong Kong will return to China in 1997 and Macau in 1999.

1989: University students went on a hunger strike in the Tiananment Square of Beijing due to the desire of more democracies in China. As a result, CCP sent troops into Beijing and cracked down this democratic movement with the casualties of over a hundred students. This incident was known as "June 4th Incident" to the western world and information about this event is still forbidden in Mainland China.

1990: CCP decided to open up Pudong region in Shanghai as an economic zone.

1992: Deng Xiaoping made a visit to southern China to see the progress of economic development. During that time, a lot of cities along the coastline were refreshed with modern skyscrapers and the living standard in China has greatly raised.

1993: Jiang Zemin (President) and Li Peng (Prime Minister) became the third generation CCP top leaders.

1997: Hong Kong return to China on July 1st.

1999: Macau return to China on December 20th.

2001: China joined the World Trade Organization.

2002-2003: Hu Jintao (President) and Wen Jiabao (Prime Minister) became the fourth generation CCP top leaders.

2005: CCP invited the head of Kuomintang, Lien Chan, to visit the mainland. He was the first Kuomintang leader who visited the mainland since the broke up in 1949. The trip of Lien Chan has promoted the cross-strait relation and restored the peace talk over the Taiwan Strait.

2008: Beijing successfully host the 29th Summer Olympic Game.

2010: Expo 2010 in Shanghai. China signed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with the Taiwanese Authority.

2011: 90th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.

On May 12th 2008, a devastating 8.0M earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province and killed over 68,000 people. It was the most serious earthquake that hit China since 1949. Many towns in the affected areas were completely destroyed during the earthquake and several landslide dams were formed afterward. The Chinese government spent 1 trillion Yuan on the reconstruction of the earthquake zone including Wenchuan County and Beichuan County.

There has been an enormous change after three years since the Sichuan Earthquake. Most of the ruins in the affected areas are replaced with new buildings and all the damaged nature sites are restored to normal. The life of Wenchuan residents have returned to normal and many of them are now living in the newly constructed apartments.

Ruined location of the old Beichuan County has been abandoned after the earthquake but it is now reconstructed as a brand new city in a newer location. Several museums and earthquake memorials have also been built for people to remember that horrifying disaster. One of the examples would be the ruins of Xuankou Middle School, which collapsed during the earthquake, are kept and become the Monument of Sichuan 512 Earthquake.

The Wolong Nature Reserve has been restored, as a result, giant pandas have moved back to their homeland from their temporary rehabilitation centre. Additionally the landslide dam are transforming into a level AAAA National Park of China.

China made a significant progress throughout the year 2010. The nation's economy stayed stabilized in the pressure from the western world and joined several international conferences about the climate change and North Korean nuclear issues.

Two tragical natural disasters happened in China during 2010. The first one was Yushu Earthquake which was a 6.9M earthquake occurred in Qinghai Province in early April. According to the state media, 2183 people were confirmed died. After the shock, People's Liberation Army sent over 3700 soldiers for the rescue operation and did a great job on saving the civilian who trapped in the ruins. Another disaster was Zhouqu Mudslide that occurred in southern Gansu Province during mid-August. This tragedy was caused by the heavy rains in the area and killed more than 1400 people. Both disasters were listed as National Mourning Day along with the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008.

China hosted two international events this year. The 2010 World Expo was held in Shanghai from May 1st to October 31st. During the expo, China showed the whole world about her unique way of city development, environmental protection and the vast Chinese culture under the theme "Better City, Better Life". About 190 countries and 50 international organizations participated in this Expo and it was a great success. Another event was the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games in November. This game completely refreshed the face of Guangzhou and increased the reputation of Pearl River Delta.

The Chinese government signed a preferential trade agreement, named Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), with the Taiwanese authority. This agreement aimed to reduce tariffs and commercial barriers between the two sides. It was known as the most significant agreement since the civil war split China in 1949.

Overall, China has made enormous changes throughout the first decade of 21st century. From joining WTO in 2001 and launching first manned spacecraft in 2003 to hosting Beijing 2008 Olympic and Shanghai 2010 World Expo, China, the oriental giant, has waken up and ready to become the next World Super Power. Hope China will continue her glory in the new decade.

2010 World Exposition is being held on the both shore of Huangpu River in Shanghai, China during May 1st to October 31st. The theme of this expo is called "Better City, Better Life" which shows the Shanghai's status in the next generation of "World City". The logo of Shanghai Expo features the Chinese Character "世" (Means the world) which modified to represent three people as a family with 2010 in the bottom. It is the most expensive World Expo as well as it contains the world largest expo site at 5.28 square km. Haibao is the mascot of Shanghai Expo, it means the treasure of the ocean and it's also based on a Chinese character "人" (People).

192 countries and 50 organizations registered in the Shanghai World Expo and below is a list of all pavilions

Theme Pavilions:
Urban Footprints, Urban Planet, Urbanian, City Being, and Urban Future.

International Organizations/National/Regional Pavilions:
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium-EU, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pacific Pavilion, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen. (International Organization: United Nation, World Trade Organization, World Meteorological Organization, Red Cross and European Union)

Corporate Pavilions:
Aurora Pavilion, Broad Pavilion, China Aviation, China Railway, China State Shipbuilding Corporation Pavilion, Coca-Cola Pavilion, Cisco Pavilion, Information and Communication Pavilion, Oil Pavilion, Japanese Industry, PICC, Private Enterprises Joint Pavilion, Republic of Korea Business, SAIC-GM Pavilion, Shanghai Corporate Joint Pavilion, Space Pavilion, Space Home Pavilion, State Grid, and Vanke Pavilion.

Shanghai 2010 World Exposition Website: http://en.expo2010.cn/

Yushu Earthquake occurred in the southern part of China's Qinghai Province on April 14 with the registered magnitude of 6.9M. According to the Chinese Official and Xinhua News Agency, 2,183 people have been confirmed dead, 84 missing, and 12,135 injured of which 1,434 are severely injured. The earthquake happened on the upper town of Yushu County near the border of Tibet Autonomous Region. Many wooden buildings in the area has been heavily damaged, 70% of school in the area were also been destroyed and many students were trapped in there. About 15,000 bungalows were break apart after the Earthquake. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao flew to the quake area from Beijing to command the rescue operation as well as Chinese President Hu Jintao cut off his visits to Chile and Venezuela and came to Yushu County. The earthquake was preceded by a fore shock and followed by several aftershocks, four above magnitude 5 and at a 4 km (2.5 mi) depth on April 14. Right after the Earthquake occurred, Chinese People's Liberation Army Qinghai Branch has send over 3700 soldiers to Yushu and rescue these people who were trapped inside the ruins, many local monks were also helping the rescues along with the armies. The central government has donate over 10 million Yuan to Qinghai Pronive as well as Hong Kong SAR. Taiwan has also send a rescue team to Qinghai Province. Other nation's Red Cross such as United State has donate over 50 thousand US dollar to Yushu. The Chinese Government has declared April 21 the national day of mourning, same as the 512 of Sichuan Earthquake in 2008. On that day, All governmental places (Include HK and Macao), Tiananmen Square and oversea embassy/consulates were lowering the Chinese flag. All major Chinese website such as Sina and Tencent's interface became black and white and entertainment were shutdown. All bars and cinemas were closed for one day. This Earthquake has cost total financial lost of 679 million Chinese Yuan.

China has made a very well progress on economy and environment in the year of 2009. It is also 30 years after the start of Reform and Open Up plan by Deng Xiaoping (1979~2009) and the 60th anniversary of People's Republic of China (1949~2009). China has raised it's position in the United Nation Climate Talk (September) and the Copenhagen Climate Talk (December). But China also facing the toughest sovereignty problem on Tibet and Xinjiang. On July 5th, a group pf Uyghur people attack the local resident in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Many people were killed in the action and hundreds of vehicles and structures were burned. This incident is similar to Lhasa Riot in the spring of 2008 and also a conspiracy that were plan by oversea rioter. On the issue about Taiwan, China has made several agreement with the Taiwanese Authority which includes economy, education and transportation. The nation's economy was not interrupted by the global crisis. China has also displayed it's strong military power on the national day and host National Game at Shandong Province in mid-October. 2009 is also the tenth years after Macao return to China and establishment of Macao Special Administrative Region (1999~2009).

Tibet, a mysterious land in Western China has led many people concern whether is or not part of China. But many historical source can prove that Tibet was, is and always be part of China.
The Sino-Tibetan relationship has already began about one thousand years ago. During Yuan Dynasty (1271~1368), China was ruled by Genghis Khan from Mongolia. He and his army had conquered almost 80 percent of land in Asia and Tibet is one of them. After fall of Mongolian Empire. China returned to the rule of Han (Chinese People) and started Ming Dynasty (1368~1644). Ming took control of China and Tibet and established Great Ming Empire. Tibet was officially became part of China from that moment (Tibet was part of China way before British found North America and Australia). Qing Dynasty established in 1644 and took over Mongolia and Xinjiang. During Qing Dynasty, China was under attack from western nations. Many place in China were lost during the war. After the foundation of Republic of China in 1912, British invaded Tibet from India and let Tibet to "Independent from China". People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 as the Central Government decided to get Tibet back from foreign power (Tibet was still in feudalism system before Chinese move in). In 1951, Chinese Forces liberated Tibet and established Tibet Autonomous Region. Chinese Government made an agreement with 14th Dalai Lama and started to "modernizing" Tibet. Dalai Lama escaped to India after making a riot in Lhasa. Chinese Government outlawed 14th Dalai Lama and must be arrested if in Chinese Territory. Government of China spend billion of dollars for construction of city in Tibet and a well organized transportation system. In 2006, Qingzang Railway completed and became the highest railway in the world with average attitude of 4000 meters, It connect Lhasa with other major city in China. On March 14th, 2008, there's a riot happened in Lhasa, thousand of Tibetan Independence people started attack Han Chinese. During this day, over 200 people were killed or injured, over 100 buildings and cars were burned and destroyed. Government believe that this riot is planed by Dalai Lama. Many Western Media started to report this event in untruth way. Many Chinese overseas were protest for this and support Beijing to host the Olympic. There's a conflict going on between pro-Chinese and Tibetan Independence people about human right and Beijing Olympic.

Truth About Tibet (From Youtube.com)

On July 22, 1999, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China issued a notice declaring that the "Research Society of Falun Dafa'' and the "Falun Gong'' organization under its control had been deemed illegal, and were therefore banned according to law. On July 29, the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China issued a warrant for the arrest of Li Hongzhi, the self-appointed chairman of the "Research Society of Falun Dafa, '' and also issued a request for cooperation, through the China National Central Bureau of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), to the Interpol and its member states for the arrest of Li Hongzhi.

Numerous facts prove that Li Hongzhi and his "Falun Gong'' organization have caused serious health problems and deaths among people they duped, and that "Falun Gong'' is not a religion but a cult that brings harm to the society and an illegal organization that engages in law-breaking activities.

All texts copied from the Embassy People's Republic of China in Canada.
From: http://www.chinaembassycanada.org/eng/zt/jpxjflg/t37740.htm
Embassy of P.R.China in Canada Website: http://www.chinaembassycanada.org/eng/

The Opening Ceremony of 11th National Game of P.R.China

Chinese President Hu Jintao's Speech

60th National Day Parade

Aircraft flew over Tiananmen Square

China National Day Evening Gala

China National Day Evening Gala

2009 is the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Here is some important event during the 60 years of China.

October 1 1949: The People's Republic of China was founded by Mao Zedong in Beijing (formally Peking).

1951~1953: North Korean Army invaded South Korea and started the Korean War. United State and it's alliance helped South Korea to against the north. China joined North Korea side when the UN Forces pushed North Korean back to the Chinese border. After 3 years of fighting. North and South Korea made an agreement on the border line (38th Parallel Line) and stop the war.

1958~1961: The Great Leap Forward launched by Mao. He transform China into a agricultural and industrial nation.

1964: China successfully test it's own atomic bomb.

1966: Mao launched the Cultural Revolution. It was a big hits for Chinese economy. Millions of Red Guard march on the street and tear off the banner of shop and destroy the classical Chinese stuff. Many people were marked as "Going Capitalized" and they were killed or in prison. This was the dark time in the modern Chinese history. All the society were messed up.

1971: China joined the United Nation and kick out the Republic of China (Taiwan) and it's representative.

1972: President of US Richard Nixon met with Mao Zedong to talk about the future Sino-American Relation. The US Government had finally make the diplomatic relationship with China is 1979 and stop the relation with Taiwan (ROC).

1976: Mao Zedong died in 1976 as the Cultural Revolution ends. Gang of Four are arrested.

1978: Deng Xiaoping became the new leader of China and made a economic plan for China's future. It was called "Reform and open up" and the Socialism with Chinese Style.

1979: Reform and open up plan was started on 1979 as Deng drew a circle in Southern China.

1984: Chinese Government talked to the British about the Problem on Hong Kong. The British Government announced Hong Kong will return to China on July 1st 1997. 35th anniversary of PRC, Deng Xiaoping inspected the Chinese forces that has a great develops under the new plan.

1989: Tiananmen Incident (June 4th)

1991: Break up of Soviet Union and the anti-communist movement in Eastern Europe gives Chinese Government a huge pressure in the world society.

1992: Deng's southern inspect, as China had a enormous change on economy, education and transportation.

1997: Hong Kong return to China on July 1st

1999: Macao return to China on December 20th.

2001: China joined World Trade Organization. APEC hold in Shanghai. Beijing selects as the city to host the 2008 Summer Olympic.

2003: SARS invaded Mainland China.

2008: Lhasa Riots in March. Sichuan Earthquake in May. Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic in August.

2009: China National Day Parade. 60th Anniversary!

100 world leaders meet at New York City's U.N Headquarter on Sept. 22 for the U.N Climate Summit, most of the attention was on US President Barack Obama and the Chinese President Hu Jintao. Both country has vowed to take the threat of rising seas, drought and deforestation seriously. But US is not the country that takes part in the leadership because US has never change it's environment greatly. China have announced a very specific national climate change plan and it could well become the front-runner in the fight to adjust climate change. During the speech of President Hu Jintao, he vowed that China would plant enough forest to cover an area the size of Norway and generate 15 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources within a decade. China and the U.S. each created for about 20 percent of all the world's greenhouse gas pollution when coal, natural gas or oil are burned. The European Union is next, generating 14 percent, followed by Russia and India, which each created for 5 percent.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama

From:http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/apr2009/4/5/image-9-for-obama-drama-gallery-259529764.jpg

Hu Jintao's Speech at U.N Climate Summit

From: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/23/content_12103241.htm