🇹🇼 History of the Republic of China (1912- Present)

1895 / Sun Yat-sen first uprising 1911 / Xinhai Revolution (Oct. 10th, the origin of Taiwan National Day) ======================================== 1912 / Qing Emperor (Puyi) abdicates 1913 / Sun Yat-sen Second Revolution 1915 / Yuan Shikai restores the monarchy 1916 ~ 1949 / Warlord period 1917 / Involvement in World War I 1921 / Sun Yat-sen's Guangzhou Government 1926 / Chiang Kai-shek Northern Expedition 1927 / Communist Nanchang Uprising 1930 / Central Plains War 1931 / Japan invaded Manchuria 1937 ~ 1945 / Sino-Japanese War (WW ll) 1945 ~ 1949 / Chinese Civil War 1947 ~ 1948 Constitution effective China's first and only direct election (National Assembly and Legislative election) 1949 Mao Zedong established 🇨🇳People's Republic of China 🇹🇼Republic of China Government's retreat to Taiwan ========================================= 1950 ~ 1975 Chiang Kai-shek Dictatorship era 1971 Loss of UN seat (UN General Assembly Resolution 2758) 1970s ~ 1980s Chiang Ching-kuo Taiwan Economic Miracle era 1987 Martial law maintained for 38 years was abolished (since 1949) 1988 ~ 2000 Lee Teng-hui Taiwan Democratization 1996 Taiwan's first direct presidential election 2000 ~ Present Two party state🟢🔵